Client segmentation has been an industry buzzword for a long time, with most advisers familiar with what it means to classify clients as an A, B, C or D type based on the...
Professional Investment Services has revealed another plank of its strategy for offshore expansion, announcing plans for a new business servicing offshore financial advis...
There is a degree of confusion by some practitioners in the financial planning and accountancy fields as to the ability of an accountant to give advice to a client of the...
Industry, government and corporate superannuation funds have been included for comparison in an updated version of a Mercer Investment Consulting superannuation fund asse...
Demand for both financial planners and paraplanners continues to increase, with the introduction of choice of fund driving the recruitment of salaried advisers, according...
The part sale of Professional Investment Services (PIS) is beginning to cast aspersions on the future of the country’s other large independent dealer group, Count Financi...
The Packer media empire will play a large part in Challenger’s bid to make a household name of its rebranded dealer group, Genesis Wealth Advisers....
Shareholders in listed financial planning business Count Financial have been given good news for the second time in a week, with the group announcing that it predicted fi...
With a philosophy of ‘looking out for people’ borne from his West Australian country upbringing, Lawrie O’Neill provides holistic lifestyle-based financial advice....
Macquarie Financial Services has agreed to purchase the New Zealand financial planning business of accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers....
Agriculture finance specialist Rabobank has set its sights on the growing market for advice in rural areas, after moving to take full ownership of its financial planning ...
Westpac financial planners that aren’t Certified Financial Planners (CFP) have been given 18 months to attain the designation if they wish to progress within the organisa...
CPA Australia will reshuffle its financial planning services with Christopher Benson set to take over the role of financial planning manager from Kath Bowler....
Australian Unity will accelerate its campaign to build its financial planning business in New South Wales after announcing merger plans with Grand United Friendly Society...
Increasing levels of industry sophistication and improving technology mean existing financial planning proprietors wishing to sell their business will no longer be able t...
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...