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Financial planning

In 1999, Westpac Financial Planning & Advice (Westpac) which ranked fifth in the Money Management Fastest Growing Dealer Groups Survey, had 570 advisers....

Financial planning

Even though Count Wealth Accountants’ managing director Barry Lambert says, “Our emphasis is not on growth – not to be the biggest, just the best”, this philosophy has se...

Financial planning

The answer to the above question has been drawn out in the editorial pieces but it does lead to a further question: How did Money Management find out which groups have gr...

Financial planning

The fastest growing dealers are at the big end of town, but so are those with falling numbers. As Ben Abbott discovered, scale does not guarantee success....

Financial planning

Ranking fourth in the Money Management Fastest Growing Dealer Groups Survey, ANZ Personal Advisory Services had grown the number of planners in the group in the year endi...

Financial planning

Word of mouth and a sound business model have been the key drivers in the recent growth of National Australia Group owned dealership Garvan Financial Planning, according ...

Superannuation

RetireInvest is on the up and up – and they want you....

People & Products

The general manager of RetireInvest, David Phelan, will leave the group at the end of this week, bringing to a close nearly seven years with the group....

Financial planning

International rating and investment data group Standard & Poor’s (S&P) today formally launched Australian Fund Management Ratings - a rating and research tool aimed at fi...

Financial planning

Sydney-based dealer group Premium Accounting has signed on with Adviser Resource Centre (ARC) in a deal that pushes the number of dealer groups signed to the service this...

Financial planning

AXA has made a bid to release itself from a catch-22 situation in which it has contractually agreed to allow advisers to hold client information if they leave the groups ...

Financial planning

Agribusiness group Willmott Forests has surpassed its 2002 end of financial year sales result of $7.0 million with two months left to run till the 2003 year end....

Financial planning

The Financial Service Reform Act will not change community perceptions of financial planners nor will it stop people from being dishonest according to International CFP C...

Financial planning

Lonsdale Financial Group has signed up Australian Skandia’s platform, Skandia One - the second group to take the platform on board since its launch two months ago....

Financial planning

Ipac Securities is expanding its business reach to cover the Brisbane financial planning market, after announcing plans to open an office there this month....

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