DEALER GROUPS

Financial planning

Why would a dealer group set up their own master trust when there are plenty available out of the box? <B>Kate Kachor</B> looks at three different answers to this questio...

Financial planning

South African-based Investec has embarked on ambitious expansion plans for its Australian-based financial services business....

People & Products

Dresdner RCM Global Investors business development manager Julie Rigoni has left the group but will remain in the industry in a consultancy role....

People & Products

Dresdner RCM Global Investors business development manager Julie Rigoni has left the group but will remain in the industry in a consultancy role....

Financial planning

BT Portfolio Services has more than tripled the size of its wrap service over the past year, raising funds under administration to $1.7 billion....

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has taken the plunge into retail stock broking through a deal signed with online broker E*Trade....

Financial planning

I haven’t changed dealer groups since I’ve been in the industry. I joined Pembroke Financial Planners in 1994....

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services has staked its claim in the financial planning back office market with the launch of a dealer group outsourcing service....

Financial planning

Pacific Rim Investments has unveiled ambitious plans to take over the mantle of Australia’s biggest independent financial planning group....

Financial planning

Macquarie will add a margin lending facility to its wrap account service in what it describes as the first geared investment features to be added to a wrap account....

Financial planning

Macquarie’s wrap service has signed up with Colonial to use the group’s Investment Accelerator margin lending service....

Financial planning

Last month, a former Perth financial adviser was sentenced to the second longest jail term of any financial adviser in Australia when he was sentenced to 10 years behind ...

Financial planning

An industry wide numbering system for advisers is a step closer to fruition following the creation of a working group within the Investment and Financial Services Associa...

People & Products

After five years with MLC, former adviser relations general manager Peter Thornhill has ventured out into the wild world of professional speaking. Thornhill says his deci...

Financial planning

Mercantile Mutual has restructured its distribution and dealer group networks by housing the entire operation under the one roof....

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

3 weeks ago

This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...

3 weeks 5 days ago

Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

1 month ago

Insignia Financial has confirmed it is considering a preliminary non-binding proposal received from a US private equity giant to acquire the firm. ...

6 days 1 hour ago

Six of the seven listed financial advice licensees have reported positive share price growth in 2024, with AMP and Insignia successfully reversing earlier losses. ...

1 day 15 hours ago

Specialist wealth platform provider Mason Stevens has become the latest target of an acquisition as it enters a binding agreement with a leading Sydney-based private equi...

19 hours 51 minutes ago