The Wilson HTM group is set to stay on the acquisition trail it started with the purchase of BNP Paribas’ Australian asset management business, confirming it is currently...
LOWELL Flinders, the dealer group headed up by long-standing industry figure and former Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair John Godfrey, is seeking to expand and ...
Two years on since the deals were struck, ‘golden handcuff’ incentive payouts to keep staff on board are drawing to a close, re-highlighting the challenge companies face ...
The subtle changes currently being made to the Hillross/AMP model reflects a repositioning of the value propositions of both businesses. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on what is...
Ever wondered how your boss got their job? LACHLAN GILBERT gets on the job trail and talks to some headhunters and a few of the prize trophies....
Job advertisements ask for all the same criteria – loads of planning experience, DFP or CFP qualifications and good communication skills. But what skills and talents are ...
Three months after the Financial Services Reform Act was passed, ASIC is still pushing its licensing message to the financial services industry to get organised and get c...
Just over a year since Suncorp Metway purchased the Australian GIO general insurance business of AMP for $1.24 billion, it has announced a major recruitment of financial ...
How much does the planner sitting next to you earn? Are they more valuable than you? The easiest way to measure the monetary worth of a financial planner is by their job ...
MARINA DZAJA gives a recruitment consultancy’s persepective on financial planning careers and the trends that are starting to emerge....
A fair days wage for a fair days work is still the catchcry for most working people but does the same apply to the financial services industry. Jason Spits looks at what ...
They are the public face of a funds management group, and like portfolio managers, have much of their efforts rewarded on a performance basis. At the same time they are h...
The Deakin Financial Services Group is on the hunt for nearly 100 further planners and will set up its own master trust and front end software systems after a marathon me...
The former managing director of Chifley Financial Services’ financial planning division, Peter Dawson, has resurfaced in the financial services industry for the first tim...
Financial planners and para planners based in Western Australia have emerged victors in the national salary stakes, beating previous salary leaders Sydney and Melbourne a...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...