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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....

Financial planning

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...

Financial planning

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

Financial Planning Services (Australia) has risen rapidly through the dealer group ranks, writes Freya Purnell....

Financial planning

Personal service for advisers and clients is only one of the hallmarks of Australian Investment & Financial Planners. Craig Phillips reports....

Financial planning

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...

Financial planning

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...

Financial planning

Dealer groups don’t just happen, they evolve. John Wilkinson reports....

Financial planning

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...

Financial planning

The perception that planners are doing it tough has been confirmed by this year’s funds under advice per planner figures. John Wilkinson reports....

Financial planning

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....

Financial planning

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...

Financial planning

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 ...

Financial planning

The financial services industry has an ‘on the take’ attitude that needs to change, says Rob Keavney....

Financial planning

By 2007, planners will need a degree in order to enrol in the CFP program, but is it asking too much? Julie Bennett reports....

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