FINANCIAL PLANNING

Editorial

Profitability rather than share price will determine the bonus payable to Australian Wealth Management’s new chief executive and managing director, Andrew Barnes, who has...

Financial planning

Listed financial planning and accounting business, Investor Group, will merge four of its member firms into two....

Financial planning

Set for a fresh dash down the acquisitions path, listed non-aligned dealer group Fiducian Portfolio Services today announced a shake-up of its distribution team....

Financial planning

Consumer complaints against financial planners have fallen dramatically, prompting claims that measures taken to clean up the profession were starting to take hold....

Financial planning

Community and Corporate Financial Services is one of only a number of dealer groups in the country to use credits unions as a referral base. From its humble beginnings in...

Financial planning

State Winners of BDM of the Year 2005...

Editorial

Acquisitions in the accounting education sector and mandates with both the Financial Planning Association and the Australian Stock Exchange have helped Tribeca Learning p...

Financial planning

A new financial literacy training program was launched in Melbourne today with the unveiling of Money for Life – Money 101....

Accounting

The financial planning and fund management industries will push for accountants to be expelled from a Financial Services Reform Act exemption, claiming they will oversell...

Financial planning

Getting the public to understand the benefits of financial planning, boosting the reputation of the Certified Financial Planning (CFP) designation and improving communica...

Financial planning

The Kerry Packer backed Challenger group’s ambitions to build a household financial planning brand have hit a slight hitch, with the group forced to change the name of it...

Financial planning

The financial planning arm of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia was one of the outstanding performers in this week’s bumper profit announcement, with a 54 per cent jump ...

Financial planning

Melbourne-based dealer group Lonsdale Financial Group has made a series of new appointments as part of a drive to grow its network associates and joint venture opportunit...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association will offer an assessment and quality accreditation facility for entry level financial education providers, inching the association a st...

Financial planning

Understanding clients’ needs and helping them achieve their financial goals is the bedrock of Jo Tuck’s practice....

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