FINANCIAL PLANNERS

Financial planning

Diversified Portfolio Managers (DPM) will offer equity to participating dealerships in a bid to create a network of financial planners and open its dealer group to the wi...

Financial planning

SOME of Australia’s leading investment specialists have come together to call on financial planners to hold their nerve and convince their clients to stay in Australian a...

Financial planning

THE number of complaints lodged against planners has risen dramatically over the last year, with inappropriate advice the most common complaint....

Financial planning

Financial services firm Snowball has won a mandate to administer a $30 million superannuation fund of a fabric and textiles business of more than 700 employees....

Financial planning

TECHNOLOGY firm Avanteos has enhanced its back-office wealth management software suite with a feature that helps financial planners generate personalised investment strat...

Financial planning

THE ASSOCIATION of Financial Advisers (AFA) will join the ranks of financial planning educators after linking up with Integratec to develop a series of training courses f...

Editorial

What was once an investment class largely ignored by Australian investors has now emerged as a market contender. KATE KACHOR examines the rise and future of hedge funds....

Financial planning

St George has opened the way for its margin lending clients and their financial advisers to enter the murky depths of call options....

Funds management

Boutique hedge fund manager Hale and Shepherd Investments has launched its first investment product – a mixed financial commodity fund....

Financial planning

THE DEAL between the Snowball Group and financial planning and accountancy group Investment Taxation Specialists (ITS) has stalled....

Financial planning

The subtle changes currently being made to the Hillross/AMP model reflects a repositioning of the value propositions of both businesses. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on what is...

Financial planning

The professional indemnity crisis is hitting the financial services industry hard. GEORGE LIONDIS investigates what planners and dealer groups are up against....

Financial planning

The number of consumers using a financial planner for advice has increased, particularly amongst the older generations, with people over the age of 35 more likely to use ...

Financial planning

AMP has added to the number of groups offering back-office solutions to financial planners with the launch of a dealer group backoffice support service....

Financial planning

For those Australian investors who have prided themselves on complaining about anything and everything for much of their lives, here’s a spanner for your works....

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

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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