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Financial planning

For the first time since Money Management began publishing its Top 50 Distributors list, the big players have loosened their stronghold on Australia’s financial advice di...

People & Products

BT Financial Group has formally appointed the interim head of its financial planning and advice business, Justin Greiner, permanently into the role four months after he t...

People & Products

Challenger Financial Services Group chief executive officer Chris Cuffe will step down as head of the group in August to take over responsibility for developing its wealt...

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has launched a new investment vehicle - Capital India - to provide Australian investors with access to the Indian stock market....

Financial planning

Challenger Financial Services Group chairman James Packer will step down due to other commercial obligations, paving the way for former Commonwealth Bank executive Peter ...

Financial planning

Challenger Financial Services has completed its Australian equities analyst team revamp with the addition of a banking analyst to round off an overhaul of the division un...

Financial planning

Almost two thirds of baby boomers do not have financial plans or have a financial planner with nine out of 10 confident of their own financial knowledge according to a su...

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has merged its Premium Financial Services (PFS) and Institutional and Business Services (IBS) divisions resulting in the departure of IBS group exec...

People & Products

Fiducian Portfolio Services (FPS) has unveiled its new head of wealth management, former St George Bank staffer Mark Schroeder, who joins this week with a mandate of impr...

People & Products

Westpac financial planning head, Scott Walters departed from the group on Friday after less than a year in the role, with his responsibilities passing in the interim to B...

Financial planning

The revolving door is never far from financial services. Jason Spits takes a look at who left, who joined and who rose one more rung on the ladder....

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has enacted a series of changes within the Financial Wisdom dealer group including the waiving of new license fees, expanded recommended list and th...

Financial planning

Tribeca Learning has signed up almost 900 advisers to its online continuing education service OnTrack, with two new institutional clients bringing numbers to 6,500 since ...

Financial planning

Bridges Financial Services is gearing up for an assault on the Victorian and Queensland financial planning markets with plans to open up eight new offices – four in each ...

Financial planning

As smaller players in financial services look for scale, the larger institutional players have continued to consolidate. Mike Taylor reports....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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