The principals and directors of financial planning practices will need to ensure they, their planners and their employees have appropriately nominated the superannuation ...
A slow acquisition period for financial planning practices in the second half of 2009 may be the result of principals sitting back to see what eventuates in the marketpla...
Financial planners’ revenues may have bounced back with the increase in equity markets, but caution and conservatism remains amongst advisers, according to Centric Wealth...
DKN Financial Group has made a minority investment in regional financial companies BMG Partners and BMG Financial Planning....
Perpetual has confirmed it is looking to acquire planning practices specifically targeted at high net worth individuals....
There is a misconception that during the global financial crisis banks changed their lending criteria for those looking to acquire financial planning practices....
Joe Hockey has promised the Liberal Party will not support a decision by the Rudd Government to ban adviser commissions....
Consultancy companies that customise the XPLAN financial planning software system are simply offering a service, although there is a concern that those without the requis...
The CFP designation has become cemented as an industry benchmark....
As a result of the ongoing Government inquiries into the financial services industry, advisers will need to offer clients the "best products" - not just those pushed in-h...
In the wake of the global financial crisis the financial software industry remains in a state of upheaval, with innovation relentless, competition fierce and smaller prac...
Regional financial planners face the same broad issues as those in metropolitan areas, but they also face a number of issues that city slickers do not....
With practices no longer able to rely on strong returns to help retain and attract clients, a strong value proposition can make or break a financial planning practice, wr...
Financial planning companies and individual planners have been the subject of severe adverse findings by Financial Ombudsman Service panelists. ...
Financial planners have not been spooked by the reportage and speculation flowing from the Ripoll inquiry, but many are acknowledging that it has impacted the valuations ...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...