After a sizeable dip in FUM in 2011, the total platform market ended the year to 31 March 2012 almost unchanged....
In an effort to drive its growth strategy, Guardian Advice has expanded its senior managerial team with the appointments of John Gray, Patrick Casey and Richard Johnson....
After decades being called the Officers' Superannuation Fund, the Commonwealth Bank's corporate superannuation scheme has rebranded to Commonwealth Bank Group Super....
Dissatisfaction among the big four bank's business customers has continued in May after dropping for the first time since July 2011, according to Roy Morgan Research....
The extent of the current dealer group turf war has been revealed by new Wealth Insights research revealing around 44 per cent of the financial planners surveyed had been...
Is any sensible financial planning principal capable of resisting the offer of up to $1 million to change dealer groups and/or corporate allegiance?...
As a number of dealer group heads have found themselves out of a job, Mike Taylor writes that it is symptomatic of the impending death of the traditional financial planni...
The Commonwealth Bank's share trading arm, CommSec, has been penalised to the tune of $35,000 for alleged trading infringements....
The apparent eruption of a financial planning distribution turf war in the immediate aftermath of the acquisition of Count Financial by the Commonwealth Bank has led to w...
The lowering of concessional contributions caps and decrease in the official cash rate have added to the appeal of protected loans as an end of financial year strategy, a...
Improved investment markets and performance saw FirstChoice and Custom Solutions platforms grow their funds under administration in the first quarter of 2012, Commonwealt...
Major Australian banks are not aggressively promoting their presence on Facebook and could be missing out on marketing opportunities, according to a report released by On...
Investment Trends research finds financial planners play an enormous role in the take-up of capital protected products....
Financial services industry stalwart and founder of Count Financial, Barry Lambert, was this year's recipient of the Lifetime Achievement award at the Money Management/Lo...
The founder of Count Financial, Barry Lambert, has been awarded Money Management’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2012....
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...