BT Portfolio Services and Zurich Financial Services have bagged the lion’s share of Investor Group’s outsourcing of support services for its financial planning division, ...
As 2001 rolls over on desk calendars issues concerning the financial planning fraternity begin to surface. Kate Kachor looks at the big issues facing planners this year....
The Australian financial planning industry has a history of following some of the major trends emanating from the United States. In the hope of gaining an insight on wher...
RetireInvest and Godfrey Pembroke have beaten off six competitors to supply financial planning and advice to members of Towers Perrin SuperSolutions superannuation packag...
Mercantile Mutual’s parent company, ING has officially launched a new dealer group under the umbrella of ING Financial Planning....
Inaugural president of the Financial Planning Association Bernie Walshe has been awarded life membership of the FPA....
Financial planners who are not giving their clients choice and integrated service will fail, says National’s head of global financial services, Peter Flavel....
Dominic Alafaci has won the 2000 Money Management Financial Planner of the Year award after coming runner up for two years in succession. John Wilkinson asks Alafaci the ...
As a teenager, John Wotherspoon was uncertain about which career path to follow. After being taken by his father to seek the guidance of a career’s adviser, Wotherspoon w...
Accounting and financial planning consolidator Stockford has paid $10.3 million for Moneywise Financial Planning....
In a move to strengthen its private clients division, Investec has expanded its adviser team with a number of hand picked, high profile advisers according to head of priv...
Royal SunAlliance is to add to its distribution network with the proposed acquisition of financial planning group Cameron Walshe....
Independently owned financial planning group Barbacan Benefits has signed an alliance deal with Garrisons to broaden its client services and adviser resources....
It is now four years since George Flack won the Money Management Financial Planner of the Year. Jason Spits caught up with the high profile planner in a brief reprieve fr...
It is no coincidence that the new Financial Planning Association chairman is also one of Australia’s top planners. Nicole Szollos explores the new directions John Hewison...
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...