IOOF has announced a range of changes to the fee structure of its Pursuit platform with an eye to ensuring it is ready for incoming FOFA changes....
Whilst huge winds of change batter the investment and regulatory environment, a fundamental shift in the way consumers interact with technology is altering the nature of ...
Spurred by regulatory change and technological advances, investment platforms are driving into traditional financial planning software spaces, including customer relation...
With major legislative change set to occur, the role software, technology and new media are playing in financial planning today is unprecedented....
Three Plan B board members have now departed as IOOF's takeover offer progresses to the compulsory stage....
FOFA has radically altered the dynamics of financial planning platforms, generating new approaches across the industry and between platform providers....
IOOF has extended the period for Plan B shareholders to accept a $0.60 per share takeover offer by two weeks to 25 September....
Institutions have been a 'safe port in the storm' for financial advisers, but may face a challenge to retain top advisers when markets recover....
IOOF has passed the halfway mark in its planned acquisition of Plan B, whose board has urged remaining shareholders to accept IOOF's current offer....
IOOF has announced an underlying profit of $96 million for the financial year, while the DKN acquisition has slightly boosted funds under management....
IOOF is using the shift to complementary wealth accumulation strategies to try to drive up the use of investment bonds in the longer term....
IOOF has released a mobile information application as part of its AdviserConnect program....
Concerns have been raised about the ever-shrinking independent dealer group sector and the potential impacts on the advice provided to clients in the future....
Money Management’s Top 100 Dealer Group data has underscored the re-emergence of institutions as the dominant force in Australian financial planning....
Consolidation is changing the face of the financial planning dealer group sector before our eyes, while small-to-medium players continue to struggle....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...