PROFESSIONAL INVESTMENT SERVICES

Editorial

PIS took a reputational hit when ASIC announced it had reached a settlement on matters relating to a class action tied to the collapse of Westpoint....

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Financial planning

Dealer group PIS has agreed to compensate clients affected by the Westpoint collapse, but despite reaching an agreement with ASIC, it has not admitted liability....

Financial planning

Professional Investment Services is attempting to reposition the group in anticipation of a possible removal of commission-based income....

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People & Products

Professional Investment Services has appointed the final member of its new-look management team, with Kelly Wyman joining as group general manager, services....

Financial planning

A submission by Professional Investment Services to a parliamentary inquiry has pointed to the use of investment platforms as one way of mitigating potential conflicts of...

Top 100

MIKE TAYLOR reports on the winners of the Money Management/CoreData Dealer Group of the Year 2009....

Editorial

It says something about the health of the Australian financial planning industry that Money Management’s 2009 Top 100 Dealer Groups survey has revealed that despite the i...

Financial planning

The removal of payments such as volume rebates will see many of Australia's largest dealer groups collapse, unless they restructure to offer their own products or run int...

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Financial planning

Professional Investment Services is reported to be examining its exposure to various managed investment schemes, and is reportedly meeting with a group of its advisers to...

Financial planning

Despite backing the FPA's move on planner remuneration, PIS group managing director Grahame Evans believes an hourly rate payment model for financial planning advice will...

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Financial planning

Advice not just about superannuation and campaign damaging perceptions regarding superannuation, the role of financial advisers and comprehensive advice. ...

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Financial planning

Professional Investment Services (PIS) chief executive Robbie Bennetts has emphasised the value of advice from financial planners, criticising scare campaigns from indust...

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Financial planning

Financial planning software developed that aims to reduce the risk associated with margin lending advice....

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Financial planning

AAP set to top 200 dealer groups by year's end....

Financial planning

Former PIS adviser gets six years imprisonment....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

2 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

4 months 1 week ago

A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

3 weeks 2 days ago

Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

2 weeks 1 day ago

One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

3 weeks 2 days ago