FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

Faster, higher, stronger could easily be the motto of the Bridges group, as it strives to continually add more value for its planners and clients. Freya Purnell reports....

Financial planning

Financial Planning Services (Australia) has risen rapidly through the dealer group ranks, writes Freya Purnell....

Financial planning

Personal service for advisers and clients is only one of the hallmarks of Australian Investment & Financial Planners. Craig Phillips reports....

Financial planning

Treading a familiar path, John Ardino left an institution following a takeover to start an independent group. Ten years later it is still going. John Wilkinson reports....

Financial planning

Australia’s most public example of succession planning Jordan Rivkin, talks to Rebecca Evans about his new interest towards long-term investment propositions and the fina...

Financial planning

The Australian Tax Office has reassured financial planners and investors today by indicating commonly-used superannuation strategies will not attract the anti-avoidance p...

Financial planning

Charles Sturt University has joined the small band of Australian universities offering a Masters of Financial Planning degree after striking a deal with the Sydney-based ...

Financial planning

Former Challenger executive Jamie Kelly has started up his own practice to offer locum services to the financial planning industry....

Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is set to release guidance on superannuation re-contribution strategies employed by financial planners to leverage tax benefits....

Financial planning

Ipac Securities remains on the acquisition trail after yesterday reaffirming its continuing efforts to become a national business and could announce a series of developme...

Financial planning

Aon Australia has commenced a program to grow its two financial planning arms by leveraging off its strong presence in the small to medium enterprise (SME) market by enco...

Financial planning

The Australian Taxation Office in consultation with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission will not move to regulate ‘incidental’ tax advice given by financ...

Financial planning

Risk insurance group PrefSure Life will cut its ties with up to 1500 financial planners choosing instead to focus on a core group of 45 advisers, saving $3 million in exp...

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services shareholders will decide on whether to publicly float the group at its annual general meeting in October with strong profit growth this y...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has clashed with the Australian Investors Association over the latter accusing the FPA of making false and misleading statements along ...

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