Graham Currie has resigned after 22 years in the top job at Insurance and Finance Managers of Australia (IFMA)....
We were looking for backup services, plus the proper computer facilities to deal with our clients in terms of providing financial planning, investment and risk advice. In...
In previous <I>Money Management </I>columns, readers have been alerted to one of IFSA’s major projects - the development of an industry code of ethics and associated prac...
Superannuation group SMF Funds Management has taken over management of the $45 million NSW funds management arm of chartered accountants Pannell Kerr Forster (PKF)....
Thousands of small DIY superannuation funds could be hit with capital gains tax (CGT) when they are forced to restructure to comply with proposed laws....
A new financial planning firm has bucked the industry trend, with its planners leaving a major corporation’s ranks to set up shop on their own....
"We do not use paraplanners. Having already invested quite a deal of capital into training, software and systems we are reluctant to utilise the services of paraplanners....
Zurich Financial Services' retail team has been given a boost with seven appointments in recent months....
A far reaching recent court judgement is being viewed as a wake-up call for financial planning dealer groups, highlighting the need to keep an eagle eye on their adviser ...
High profile financial planner Garry Avis has joined up with well-known superannuation consultant Robert MC Brown and Darryl Pike to set up Bridgeport Advisers & Asset Ma...
The Managed Investments Act 1998, (MIA) made changes to the regula-tion of managed investment funds with the aim of ensuring greater ac-countability of fund managers to i...
Respected financial planner Ray Griffin has been named as the next chairman of the Financial Planning Association....
AMP's financial planning operations are looking to boost referral business coming from accountants by forming alliances with accounting groups....
1.Name: David Treacher. 2. Job Title: Financial planner. 3. Dealer group: AMP Financial Planning. 4. Age: 41. 5. Qualifications: DFP 1-7 completed, DFP 8 to be compl...
In recent years, there has been no shortage of agricultural schemes, usually with generous tax breaks, to tempt investors. Birds, trees, fruits and plants have all been o...
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...