When we last left our favourite lemming, newly annointed dealer principal Nick Bruining, being atacked by a group of brochure delivery men (BDMs). In this exciting instal...
Queensland-based financial planning group Protax is on a huge expansion drive. It has formed a new dealer group with ANZ Banking Group and is poised to expand its own nu...
AustSelect's new distribution arm for accountants, AustAccount, will maintain the same ownership structure as the company's financial planners' vehicle AustChoice....
We were looking for backup services, plus the proper computer facilities to deal with our clients in terms of providing financial planning, investment and risk advice. In...
<B>Name: </B>Norm Whyte <B>Job title: </B>Proper authority holder<B> Dealer group: </B>Professional Investment Services<B> ...
"We do not use paraplanners. Having already invested quite a deal of capital into training, software and systems we are reluctant to utilise the services of paraplanners....
Life insurance research and software business PlanTech has launched a software package which it says will replace paper-based systems used to process proposals and applic...
Technology stocks are generally not overvalued if evaluated in terms of the longer-term changes that are occurring to the economy....
Zurich Financial Services' retail team has been given a boost with seven appointments in recent months....
Salomon Smith Barney is poised to enhance its service to its finan-cial planning customers when it launches into cyberspace later this year, using a product called the Te...
Financial software group DST International has announced an agreement to service the front, middle and back office requirements of Mercan-tile Mutual Investment Managemen...
1.Name: David Treacher. 2. Job Title: Financial planner. 3. Dealer group: AMP Financial Planning. 4. Age: 41. 5. Qualifications: DFP 1-7 completed, DFP 8 to be compl...
While financial planners are flat out this time of the year helping their clients, they shouldn't ignore their own end of year financial and business affairs. At least th...
Challenger Life has stepped up its push into the retirement income streams mar-ket with the introduction of an online quote service for annuities. Challenger claims the s...
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,...