RECRUITMENT

Funds management

Lonsec is the first researcher to reinstate an ‘investment grade’ rating for Colonial First State’s (CFS) Australian property funds following the recruitment of two more ...

Financial planning

An Adelaide-based wealth management practice has entered a joint venture to launch an online recruitment service, called Jobs.com.au, through which it will source referra...

Financial planning

The headhunter assigned to find the next chief executive for the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has dismissed concerns that Jo-Anne Bloch’s lack of direct involveme...

Financial planning

Financial Planning Association deputy chair Sarah Brennan and industry consultant Tom Collins have spoken openly about their involvement with Westpoint Corporation, as Br...

Financial planning

Job advertisements for the financial planning industry continue to climb, with the most popular positions advertised being those for advisers with 18 months experience an...

Financial planning

Credit Suisse Asset Management chief executive Andrew McKinnon has ended an 11-year stint at the Switzerland-based fund manager’s Australian operation....

Financial planning

Analysis of financial planning industry job advertisements performed by eJobs Recruitment Specialists has shown that while ad numbers have increased in the Victorian and ...

Financial planning

Australia is currently enjoying the best employment market in years with a low national unemployment rate. Job seekers in most markets have many choices and career option...

Superannuation

In-house planners with the Commonwealth Bank will be expected to improve their SMSF skills, with Australia’s third largest dealer group signalling its intention to overha...

Financial planning

BT Financial-owned dealer group Magnitude has recruited its first practice, following its launch in August last year....

Financial planning

With the introduction of financial services reform, the ‘know your client’ obligation for financial planners is more critical than ever before....

Funds management

Research houses are urging investor caution after yesterday’s shock announcement by Colonial First State that it had lost its entire listed property team....

Financial planning

Boutique dealer group AAA Financial Group (AAAFG) has expanded its head count to 80 advisers nationally from 10 at the start of the year, and is preparing to launch a mor...

Financial planning

The Queensland Investment Company (QIC) has launched an infrastructure fund that will seek investment opportunities globally....

Financial planning

RetireInvest has achieved its target of growing the firm’s distribution network by 60 planners in 2005 through the recent addition of 12 new advisers to the dealer group....

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