FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP

Financial planning

Niche marketing is not about scaling down your business – it’s the total opposite. Five financial planners tell KATE KACHOR and FIONA MOORE how niche markets have helped ...

Financial planning

Listed financial services group, Terrain Securities Pty Ltd (TSPL), has signed a heads of agreement deal to merge with Mortimer and Chua (M&C), an Australian based stockb...

Financial planning

Money Management, Super Review and Fianncial Planning magazine associate publisher Susie Newham will take on the role as publisher, within the financial services group of...

Financial planning

One of the largest independently owned dealer groups in Australia, Count Financial, has flagged a 25 per cent drop in its operating profit for the first half of this fina...

Financial planning

Macquarie financial services has undergone a major re-structure with the division reverting back to a state-by-state approach from a national model, resulting in the depa...

Accounting

Permanent managing director Paul Lahiff has linked the acquisition of small accounting firm W&D Partners to its increased exposure to private clients, while hinting that ...

Financial planning

Challenger International has confirmed media speculation this morning that it had indeed been in talks with Merrill Lynch about acquiring its private client division....

Financial planning

The chance of a recovery for embattled financial services group Harts Australasia seems almost impossible, as parts of the group were offered up for sale by its provision...

Editorial

The September quarter result for financial services group HP JDV has been dragged down by its wealth management division, with the group recording a before tax loss of $4...

Financial planning

WealthPoint and Sealcorp chief executives Brett Sanders and Ian Knox respectively, have resigned as directors of WealthPoint Limited in a shake-up of the company’s board ...

Editorial

With a view of the sun setting over the Whitsunday’s from his position at the bar, Garry Weaven is looking way too relaxed for someone who has been busy putting the finis...

Financial planning

Financial services group Harts Australasia may have left the financial services industry reeling in the past week with news of its collapse, however, it appears that the ...

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) has signed 200 financial planners and life brokers in the past 12 months from more than 15 dealer groups Australia, with expansion ...

Financial planning

The founder and executive chairman of financial services group Harts Australasia, Steve Hart, faced the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged with 11 tax-related fraud offen...

Financial planning

Harts Australasia has lost its court battle against the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), with the listed financial services group being forced int...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Professional services group AZ NGA has made its first acquisition since announcing a $240 million strategic partnership with US manager Oaktree Capital Management in Sept...

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