The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has suffered a set back in its attempt to take on the Australian Tax Office (ATO) over its decision to exclude financial planners...
Newly created MAB Funds Management intends offering future property syndicates directly to financial planners, says director Nick Gray....
The Bendigo Bank has consolidated its existing financial planning subsidiaries under a new division, Bendigo Bank Wealth Management, ahead of a planned launch of the busi...
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) has lost a case in the Federal Court in which it argued that a stock broker had breached tax laws relating to the Alienation of Personal S...
St George Margin Lending has made another enhancement to its margin lending product, a regular gearing facility, confirming its push to raise the product’s profile in the...
Guardian Trust Financial Services has introduced a new performance based fee structure for its financial planners in New Zealand....
Web-based risk profiler ProQuest has rolled out its risk profiling system in the United States (US) and claims it is already dealing with a steady stream of interest from...
How much does the planner sitting next to you earn? Are they more valuable than you? The easiest way to measure the monetary worth of a financial planner is by their job ...
Planners need to spend more time marketing themselves and less on brand awareness campaigns....
Financial services giant AMP will acquire PricewaterhouseCoopers’ financial planning division for an undisclosed amount, growing the business by 23 financial planners and...
St George Margin Lending has made another enhancement to its margin lending product, a regular gearing facility, confirming its push to raise the product’s profile in the...
Fiducian Portfolio Services is gearing up to launch its own financial planning software and administration system as well as boosting the number of its offices to 30 by t...
The popular tax schemes of years gone by could see some advisers facing massive legal claims. GEORGE LIONDIS reports....
The Financial Planning Week national call centre has become a central awareness campaign for both the financial planning industry and the public alike....
The financial planner of the future will be a true service provider, outsourcing non-core activities to specialise in areas of expertise. NICOLE SZOLLOS talks to three pl...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...