With more and more platforms flooding the market, it seems our Top 100 Dealer Groups just can’t make up their minds about which one they prefer....
For the first time in five years, fund manager and bank owned dealer groups have dropped the number of planners and dealer groups they hold, according to this year’s Mon...
Paul Resnik believes it is all too easy for planners to focus on investment choice rather than investment outcomes....
Conventional portfolios have largely failed retail investors and financial planners need to reconsider incorporating a fuller range of appropriate investments, according ...
Hub provider InvestmentLink will now offer consolidated data for 13 platforms and fund managers via its e-Portfolio Transaction Service after the addition of the recently...
If the National Australia Bank is ultimately successful in nabbing AMP, it will unbalance the pillars of power says, Graham Rich....
The Macquarie Group has stamped its name on this year’s Assirt service level awards, taking out top place in both the funds management and platform categories after comin...
The financial services industry has an ‘on the take’ attitude that needs to change, says Rob Keavney....
Life insurance houses have not damned the industry researchers but then again, as Jason Spits reports, they are not entirely pleased with what is available....
Platinum Asset Management and Macquarie Wrap Solutions have resolved a brief but public dispute after Platinum moved to withdraw its funds from the latter’s platform inve...
Fund managers accepting deposits or funds from the public will be slugged with additional costs and increased compliance demands if new international due diligence guidel...
Some advisers have successfully recommended direct equities. But Rob Keavney argues that for most, the difficulties involved will swamp the perceived benefits....
The Macquarie Group has stamped its name on this year's Assirt service level awards, taking out top place in both the funds management and platform categories after comin...
So, you’re a small practice wanting to look after your own back-office? Here are some tips to help you take total office control....
The time for a financial planning reality TV show is long overdue, says Nick Bruining....
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 ...