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Financial planning

Word of mouth and a sound business model have been the key drivers in the recent growth of National Australia Group owned dealership Garvan Financial Planning, according ...

Financial planning

As disillusioned planners continue their exodus from bank owned groups, Bridges Financial Services is one group positioning itself to catch the fallout. Lucie Beaman repo...

Financial planning

St George Bank branches have begun to refer financial planning clients to advisers within the Securitor dealer group in rural areas where clients have no access to salari...

Financial planning

Absolute return fund manager Basis Capital Management has had its successful flagship fund made available to the retail market, with both BT and Macquarie now offering th...

Financial planning

The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has dropped its plans to develop FundConnect, its version of a managed funds transaction hub saying the return on investment was uncer...

Financial planning

Trust general manager funds management Jeremy Edmonds will leave the company following restructuring as a result of the merger of Permanent Trustees and Trust Company of ...

Financial planning

MLC has outlined a number of changes to its Flexiplan investment platform including renaming it to MasterKey Custom, changing the fee structure, expanding the investment ...

Financial planning

Mentor Australia Financial Planning will revamp its planner remuneration model as the group gets ready to expand its Sydney presence and make a number of acquisitions in ...

Financial planning

WHTM Asset Management will open its funds up to the wholesale market repackaging its retail funds and has set a target of reaching $3 billion dollars in funds under manag...

Financial planning

Equities have been a stable of portfolios for investors for many years, but maybe it’s time to stay out of equities argues Tom Collins....

Financial planning

AMP Australian Financial Services and Asgard yesterday concluded a deal agreed in May to utilise the latter’s e-wrap platform across all AMP dealer groups....

Financial planning

Staff rationalisation at both IOOF and AM continued last week with another 50 staff being retrenched but IOOF managing director Rob Turner says the group’s long awaited l...

Financial planning

AMP Australian Financial Services has selected Asgard as the service provider for its e-wrap platform following an extensive due diligence process of potential providers....

Editorial

The industry is full of elephants, says Rob Keavney, but the elephants’ days are numbered....

Financial planning

Recently departed chief operating officer of Tower, Ken Boag, has resurfaced after taking on a new role as chief executive officer at Sydney-based financial services grou...

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