Straight-talking Sharyn Besch is more pragmatic than her peers when it comes to the big issues in the profession she’s always wanted to get into....
More than 20 AMP Financial Planning salaried advisers have accepted redundancy packages following the announcement last month the dealer group would be closing its employ...
AMP Financial Planning, as of next year, will demand its more than 1,000 authorised representatives sit an annual exam before they can continue practicing under the banne...
Financial Planning Services (Australia) has risen rapidly through the dealer group ranks, writes Freya Purnell....
Personal service for advisers and clients is only one of the hallmarks of Australian Investment & Financial Planners. Craig Phillips reports....
AMP Financial Services (AMPFS) - having survived a tumultuous year in 2003 - is well positioned to take advantage of an anticipated turnaround in fortune this year accord...
Moves by a number of Winchcombe Carson planners to get IOOF managing director Rob Turner’s contract extended were rebuffed by chairman Ray Schoer at the group’s annual ge...
Dealer groups don’t just happen, they evolve. John Wilkinson reports....
It was five years ago that the Top 100 Dealer Groups research first hit the financial services industry, tracking the changes of a growth industry. Jason Spits looks at t...
The perception that planners are doing it tough has been confirmed by this year’s funds under advice per planner figures. John Wilkinson reports....
Contrary to what many planners may think, clients often don’t believe they have a relationship with their adviser, according to consultant and trainer Steve Lesser....
The financial planning arm of the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is developing an “adviser academy” which it hopes will raise the standard of its advice business and attract a f...
IOOF-owned Winchcombe Carson Financial Planning will expand into the West Australian adviser market next month after it signs up eight recently resigned planners from an ...
The financial services industry has an ‘on the take’ attitude that needs to change, says Rob Keavney....
By 2007, planners will need a degree in order to enrol in the CFP program, but is it asking too much? Julie Bennett reports....
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,...