Samantha Walker

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There’s a big supply and demand problem in financial planning, according to one industry figure....

Macquarie has this week begun trialing another wrap service, to be offered through Macquarie Financial Services (MFS)....

Until financial planners shrug off their sales persona, they will not build trust rela-tionships with their clients, according to a keynote speaker at the FPA Convention....

With all the controversy over soft dollar commissions that has been floating around the industry in recent times, many financial planners can be forgiven for being a tad ...

The past two years have been a rollercoaster ride for investors in south east Asian equity trusts....

IFMA has moved to reassure its advisers that it’s full steam ahead in coming months, following the recent poaching of eight of its staff by rival start-up group Lynx Fina...

Westpac Financial Services has predicted banks will dominate the margin lending market within three years....

Money Management’s inaugural Top 100 dealer survey has proved what many in the industry have long suspected – that accountants are fast gaining a foothold in the industry...

Challenger has struck up a new distribution deal, this time with Citibank....

The Commonwealth Bank has pipped BT to become the largest retail fund man-ager in Australia, according to Morningstar....

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