The Financial Planning Standards Board has released a guidance document in support of supervised work experience for financial planning entrants....
Former Aviva Australia chief executive Allan Griffiths has resurfaced with the company in Singapore....
DKN Financial Group believes the proposed ban on commissions and volume-based rebates will not affect the fees it receives under its existing distribution contracts with ...
Count Financial subsidiary Countplus has paved the way for listing by making changes to its executive team and issuing its prospectus with the corporate regulator ahead o...
Australian Unity Investments has announced the opening of the Seres Asian Equity Opportunities Fund for Australian retail and institutional investors....
Financial planners may be upset with the major institutions for failing to counteract the negative campaign by the industry super funds, but now the focus must be on the ...
Bell Direct has implemented a client trading facility on its Desktop Broker adviser-based equity trading platform....
Van Eyk Research has made staff cuts across its research, product, sales and IT teams in addition to losing head of distribution Michael Angwin....
Vanguard Investments Australia’s chairman and managing founder, Jeremy Duffield, will retire at the end of the year....
Westpac has posted a strong profit increase assisted by BT, the St George merger and mortgage gains....
Challenger’s Howard Mortgage Fund has become the first mortgage trust to resume commercial lending....
St George Private Clients has appointed a state head of Queensland and Western Australia following a recent restructure that demonstrates a renewed focus on private banki...
The FPA will use its annual conference this month to outline a new direction as a professional association....
The Treasury has deferred the application of the National Tax Agent Services regime to financial planners until 1 July, 2011, a move which has been applauded by financial...
BTIM nominates adviser space as a point for expansion....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....