Shadforth Financial Group chief executive Tony Fenning believes the implementation of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms is likely to entail a lot of work with...

Russell Investments has announced the appointment of a head of its Advice Centre, which the company said signalled its commitment to the delivery of limited advice....

Wraps, platforms and master trusts together experienced net inflows of $14.5 billion in the 2010 calendar year to $427.7 billion....

Praemium has entered an agreement with Tasmanian financial group MyState Financial and platform provider Powerwrap to launch a MyState badged version of the Powerwrap pla...

IOOF turns in strong result and positions for growth....

Consolidation is the big news in the financial planning platform industry. Janine Mace looks into how this is affecting the sector....

As the financial planning platform industry enters a new year that will see big changes, Janine Mace discovers it may not all be plain sailing....

As the financial services industry prepares for a major legislative change, experts claim that platforms remain at the heart of the financial advice industry. ...

New generation platform providers have criticised the ‘preferential programs’ initiated by their peers, claiming they have the potential to bias the advice gi...

Zurich Investments has announced a key management appointment, recruiting Tim Meggitt as head of key accounts....

Platforms are taking a bigger slice of the investment value chain than they deserve, according to the head of asset management at Equity Trustees, Shaun Manuell....

Introducing an additional insurer – Asteron – on its FirstChoice platform may make Colonial First State a leader, but it appears to be short of followers at p...

Westpac has posted a strong profit increase assisted by BT, the St George merger and mortgage gains....

Count Financial and Professional Investment Services are adapting to the new world order....