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Dealers groups are now incorporating research from a range of providers. Lucia Appleby reports....

Financial planning

Freya Purnell looks at the effect of different advice offerings on the bottom line....

Financial planning

A breakaway dealer group has achieved success through hands-on adviser involvement. Kate Kachor reports....

Financial planning

ANZ Financial Planning is rolling a further 10 to 20 per cent of its advisers over to a fee for service remuneration model adding to the initial 10 per cent who made the ...

Financial planning

Associated Planners has approached a number of life insurance providers with a package deal in which the dealer group is seeking rewards for advisers who generate lower c...

Financial planning

Institutionally-owned financial planning groups still dominate the list of fastest growing dealer groups, taking eight out of the top 10 places on the list. But while the...

Financial planning

Whether you are running a business or a basketball team – a top performance requires a quality coach, writes BRUCE BIRCHALL....

Financial planning

The Sealcorp-owned advisory group Securitor will extend its services into estate planning and enhance the research it offers to advisers in the area of alternative invest...

People & Products

ING-owned RetireInvest continues to bolster its ranks with the appointment of a new national practice development manager to assist the franchise’s advisers in growing an...

People & Products

Tower has announced Bridges Financial Services managing director David Bleakley will step down and leave the group early in the new year after three years at the helm of ...

Financial planning

Associated Planners Financial Services (APFS) has dropped AXA life insurance from its list of recommended insurers after the two groups failed to reach an understanding o...

Financial planning

A recent survey has shown that while the majority of investors turn to professionals for advice beyond publicly available information they may not be getting what they pa...

Financial planning

The Victorian based Australian Financial Services (AFS) dealer group is making a considered push to set up a master trust exclusively for risk insurance products....

Financial planning

ING’s dealer group Tandem and RetireInvest have been thrown into disarray after all staff involved in management, compliance and services functions have been told they wi...

People & Products

ANZ has commenced an executive recruitment search for a replacement to head up its financial planning operations. This follows a decision by incumbent general manager ANZ...

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