The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) have joined forces in support of the Financial Services Reform Act (...
AMP Financial Services (AMPFS) has announced a restructure that will split the group into two groups centred around the distribution and manufacturing arms....
After three years at Alliance Capital Management, director of Australian equities Don Low will retire in February....
Portfolio administration service provider Symetry has restructured its operations to prepare for further business growth, which includes plans for greater platform and eq...
The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), a new international body being set up to oversee the global Certified Financial Planner (CFP) qualification, has announced ...
It took less than a week and hardly gave anyone time to ask where he would appear next but Chris Cuffe is back in the saddle having taken on the role of chief executive w...
The Royal & SunAlliance Group’s Australasian arm has been renamed Promina in preparation for its upcoming float....
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has fired a pre-emptive salvo ahead of the release of the Australian Consumer’s Association (ACA) report on the quality of financ...
The financial planning industry is bracing itself for another attack on its credibility ahead of the release of a damning report expected to call for Government intervent...
After less than six months in her role as head of executive services, Macquarie Financial Service’s Jane Watts has been promoted to the position of head of wealth managem...
Financial planning software provider IWL has ended months of speculation by launching its much anticipated takeover bid for online broking group Sanford....
Count Wealth Accountants has signed with Australian Skandia to make use of the group’s platform which it plans to formally launch in mid February....
Royal and SunAlliance general manager for sales and marketing Ken Brewer has left the group after a round of sudden death departures took place earlier this week....
The announcement by Colonial First State (CFS) that its long running and high profile chief executive, Chris Cuffe, was resigning from the organisation has surprised few....
Professional Investment Services (PIS) is moving against broad industry trends to add risk insurance and taxation services within financial planning businesses....
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...