Apart from volatile markets and investor sentiment, this year has also seen major policy developments, new investment trends and key career and business moves. Tim Stewar...
Plan B's Andrew Black could be forgiven for thinking he is being followed by IOOF in the wake of its acquisition of the dealer group....
AMP's acquisition of Cavendish Group marked the beginning of a major push into the SMSF sector, while in the same month IOOF launched its bid for Plan B....
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....
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...