RECRUITMENT

Financial planning

Standard & Poor’s Fund Services (S&P) has placed a ‘sell’ rating on the AMP Capital Equity Fund following the resignation of Simon Fitzgerald, t...

Financial planning

Hiring patterns across the banking and financial services industry show some sectors are booming while others, such as financial advice, reveal a decrease in hiring activ...

Financial planning

The number of advertised financial planning job ads is down 8.4 per cent across Australia, although this fall is in line with seasonal averages, according to eJobs Recrui...

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Financial planning

Continuing volatility is one of the only things going against the top dealer groups at the moment. But they have proved resilient, and nothing is holding them back from i...

Financial planning

The lacklustre recovery from the global financial crisis can be seen in the growth or decline in planner numbers and FUA, writes Benjamin Levy....

People & Products

David McKay to leave his post as general manager of Commonwealth Financial Planning....

Financial planning

The make-up of the board of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is not adequately representative of practising financial planners, according to recently resigned FPA...

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People & Products

Towers Watson has appointed Louise Oakley to its strategy group as an investment consultant and Brent Snow as an investment analyst....

Editorial

Milana Pokrajac examines how financial services salaries are regaining ground as firms look to strengthen teams and take advantage of improving market conditions....

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Financial planning

The past two years have been hard hitting for the financial services career market. Ashleigh McIntyre takes a look at what is driving its recovery....

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Financial planning

Industry reforms may lead to changes in adviser recruitment strategies....

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People & Products

Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Julie Berry has acknowledged the appointment of incoming FPA chief Mark Rantall was conducted by a three-person sub committee o...

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Financial planning

Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Julie Berry has defended the association's board conventions and protocols in light of a public protest issued by one of its fo...

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Financial planning

New data from recruitment specialists Hays suggests financial services employers are hiring again and salaries are headed back up....

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Financial planning

Dealer groups are continuing a shift towards the use of model portfolios across their adviser forces, while Approved Products Lists continue to shrink...

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