Samantha Walker

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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....

Almost a third of the Top 100 dealer groups pay their planners exclusively via a salary, with another 12 dealer groups offering a combination of salaried and con-tract em...

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...

Today’s financial planners don’t need to be superheroes in order to attract new cli-ents. Or do they?...

Former head of Bleakleys Tony Ash is one of the figures behind Zurich Financial Services’ new back office service for advisers, which may be rolled out early next year....

Inflows into the Lend Lease subsidiary MLC almost halved in the past three months, pushing the group off the top spot in the Assirt retail inflow survey....

Ron Scott has resigned from his post as head of BT Portfolio Services....

A strong property market has meant most property fund managers have passed on pay increases of between 5 to 6 per cent this year....

Hillross Financial Services is to begin a mail-out to 2,500 of its investors in its PortfolioCare Investment Service this week, following news its disclosure docu-ments m...

The Financial Services Complaints Resolution Scheme (FSCRS) has gained the approval of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to oper-ate as an exter...

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