After making a name for itself as an indexing specialist, Vanguard Investments has shifted its focus from the wholesale market to financial planning with the launch of th...
Dealer groups that launch their own master trusts are said to offer their planners even more choice. But, as KATE KACHOR reports, not everyone believes in their long-term...
The influence of large scale financial institutions in the financial advice market shows no signs of abating. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on Money Management’s second annual l...
For some time I have been confused by industry experts arguing that there will be an increase in the number of DIY and small dealer groups, when most other financial part...
The Top 50 Distributors is based on the research for the <i>Money Management</i> Top 100 Dealer Groups report from late last year....
Zurich Financial Services has launched a new wrap account that gives the advisers and dealer groups that use it access to a rewards-based equity program....
Symetry, the portfolio administration service supplier, has signed up two more dealer groups to its master trust and wrap platform service this year as it moves to a targ...
AustChoice Financial Services is examining its future direction after managing director Roger Gumley confirmed it had been approached by a number of groups offering to ac...
Partnership Planning head of research Lynne Curtis has left the group to start an independent funds management and asset allocation research group....
Assessment Education Services (AES) has launched an additional service to the group’s Adviser Personal Record Service, its online training and compliance solutions servic...
The financial services industry remains inefficient because its success means it does not have to improve. However Tom Collins argues this will spur on the next wave of c...
<caps>As the</caps> deadline for the long heralded new Financial Services Reform (FSR) gets closer, much activity is taking place....
ING Advice has expanded the number of dealer groups in its adviser network with the purchase of The Vandenbergh Group....
Macquarie’s wrap service has hit the $2.7 billion mark three months ahead of time, after being in operation for only 27 months....
Asgard is seeking to access and support up to 15 dealer groups with at least $20 million under administration who are interested in entering the corporate superannuation ...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...