Two Associated Planners have started a specialist risk insurance business offering life insurance to individuals who would normally be ineligible due to prior conditions ...
Investor Group is continuing its acquisitive expansion push after agreeing in principle to buy specialist financial planning firm Investor Care in a move that adds to the...
Financial planning group ipac Securities has formed its first strategic alliance with an accounting practice after striking a deal with Brisbane-based firm MGI White Hanc...
The Money Management Financial Planner of the Year Award is now in its 15th year since awarding the inaugural prize in 1989 to David Worley....
ANZ has commenced an executive recruitment search for a replacement to head up its financial planning operations. This follows a decision by incumbent general manager ANZ...
Julie Bennett reports on Credit Suisse’s latest Hypercompetition paper, which exposes the flaws of the buyer of last resort facility....
The ongoing legacy of the HIH Insurance collapse in Australia is the cost and availability of professional indemnity insurance. Mike Taylor reports....
Investor Group has flagged a continued growth push through acquisition of financial planning businesses - a move which follows on from its recent purchase of nine adviser...
The financial services industry has an ‘on the take’ attitude that needs to change, says Rob Keavney....
Financial planning business management group Customer Acquisition and Retention Management (CARM) formally launched its web-based Guided Planning System (GPS) today....
Lonsdale Financial Group is aligning itself with general life insurance brokers in setting up a number of financial planning practices, which through a process of referra...
Australian Unity is to double the size of its financial planning business and launch a new superannuation administration service by the end of October despite reporting a...
AMP Financial Planning is attempting to restore some of the recent loss of confidence in financial planners through the launch of its Client Charter - a feedback and expe...
Financial advisers have been criticised for failing to recommend client businesses, with calls for advisers to make the notion of referrals a two-way affair....
Financial advisers have been called on to do themselves and the industry a favour by driving ‘bad eggs’ out of the industry....
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,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...