The Sealcorp owned Asgard investment platform has signed its first ever deal to build a badged version of its new wrap account, the eWrap, for a financial planning dealer...
Financial planning fees and commission have been the subject of much discussion over the years and they are once again back on the agenda....
Choosing the most influential people in the financial services industry is a task fraught with difficulty....
RAISING industry standards and ensuring the full representation of all members are two of the key issues to be tackled by new board members of the Financial Planning Asso...
FINANCIAL Planning consultant Paul Resnik is preparing to put his money where his mouth is with plans to launch a chain of financial planning offices....
The Snowball Group is continuing to push ahead with a strategy to target financial planning clients through Australia’s corporate heavyweights, signing a strategic allian...
The proposed merger between financial planning technology company IWL and sharemarket information system provider Iress Market Technology has been abandoned after both bo...
The Snowball Group has signed a deal with Vodafone to provide financial advice to the telecommunication company’s 800 staff in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania....
Hundreds of advisers around the country have being forced to quit the financial planning industry after failing to comply with the new compulsory education requirements u...
The Wilson HTM group is set to stay on the acquisition trail it started with the purchase of BNP Paribas’ Australian asset management business, confirming it is currently...
Crest Financial Services is the result of a successful merger of three specialist planning practices. BARBARA MESSER looks at why they were finalists in this year’s Telst...
The names may be different thanks to buyouts and mergers, but, as SIMON SEGAL reports, not that much has changed in this year’s Top 100....
The Top 100 Dealers Survey is punctuated by the moves of dealer groups, which are often the result of large wallets and large deals. SIMON SEGAL looks at what went down b...
The number of advisers with a life background remains reasonably steady – despite all the noise about PS 146. JULIE BENNETT reports....
ROYAL & Sun Alliance (R&SA) gave birth to Guardian Financial Services in November 2001. Not yet 12 months old, the group has already attracted 98 planners and has plans t...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...