Concerns have been raised about the ever-shrinking independent dealer group sector and the potential impacts on the advice provided to clients in the future....
Opposition spokesman on Financial Services Mathias Cormann has suggested the dealer group consolidation being driven by FOFA reforms is not entirely unintentional....
Money Management’s Top 100 Dealer Group data has underscored the re-emergence of institutions as the dominant force in Australian financial planning....
Many significant players in the dealer group sector have reduced their financial planner numbers, though the industry remains optimistic....
Consolidation is changing the face of the financial planning dealer group sector before our eyes, while small-to-medium players continue to struggle....
Financial advisers need to view scaled advice as an ongoing opportunity rather than a threat to their business model, according to Provisio Technologies director Cameron ...
Mike Taylor asks whether the formation of BT Select and the continuing competition between BT and Count Financial reflect the end of the current dealer group model....
Following a number of staff departures since the start of the year, accounting firm WHK Group has made changes to its management structure....
There was little change for the masterfunds sector over the year to March 2012, down by just 0.3 per cent, or $1.4 billion, to $433.1 billion....
BT's Mark Spiers says a letter from Count Financial CEO David Lane to Securitor and Magnitude advisers actually belittles the important role advisers play....
Australian lenders are fighting harder to attract new customers by way of reducing fees or dropping them altogether, according to a new study by financial comparison webs...
Mike Taylor writes that the existence of large payments and the perception that a sales culture continues to exist in the financial planning space represents a dangerous ...
Count Financial added 24 authorised representatives and nine financial planning practices to its network in June....
Former Commonwealth Bank executive general manager David Hancock has signed on with Firstfolio as its new chief executive....
Consumer satisfaction with the big four banks has once again fallen while building societies and credit unions continue to maintain a clear lead, according to Roy Morgan ...
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...