When the chairman of Hunter Hall International, Peter Hall, founded the ethical fund manager back in 1994, it was a one-man band that took four years to reach $30 million...
While some advisers only use external paraplanning services when they are starting up their businesses, many practices are realising the benefits of making this temporary...
Australian Financial Services licensees will be assisted in meeting the Financial Services Reform (FSR) Act PS 146 requirements following the creation of a new online ser...
So, you’re a small practice wanting to look after your own back-office? Here are some tips to help you take total office control....
Managing director of financial planning firm NC Bruining & Associates, Nick Bruining, says that while keeping back-office duties in-house means getting your hands dirty, ...
Many one-man bands and small practices are handling their own back-office. Lucie Beaman reports....
Before signing on the dotted line, there are issues that both buyers and sellers of financial planning practices need to consider, say Alan Kenyon and Steve Prendeville....
For many, the build up to the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) March deadline bears a striking similarity to all the hype that preceeded Y2K....
In a congested market, differentiation is everything. Craig Phillips looks at why standing out from the pack is all the more relevant for back-office service providers....
Financial planning software provider IWL released VisiPlan version 5.8 last week and is already gearing up for version 5.9 – to be released in late October and include op...
IWL has signed on AM Corp’s strategic business services national manager Paul Medcraft ahead of a planned roll out of an ‘end to end’ planning and technology platform....
A PDF (Portable Document File) is created by the software Adobe Acrobat Distiller. It’s used to keep formatting and graphics, compress file size and allow documents to be...
Financial planning software provider Syscorp has signed an alliance with Computer Science Corporation (CSC) for the latter to act as a distribution channel for Syscorp’s ...
The technology produced by research houses for advisers to access and manipulate their research becomes more advanced and competitive every year. Lucie Beaman looks at wh...
Not happy with the financial planning software available on the market? Take a leaf out of Infocus’ book and build your own. Ben Abbott reports....
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,...