Ordinarily, when a financial services group is gobbled up by another, the first people to feel the harsh winds of change is the acquired group's senior executives. ...
Changes to parts of the Asgard master trust have drawn criticism from the financial planning community....
Respected financial planner Ray Griffin has been named as the next chairman of the Financial Planning Association....
Westpac Financial Services (WFS) has recorded another huge rise in net profit, up 43.5 per cent to $75.2 million for the six months to March 1999....
AMP's financial planning operations are looking to boost referral business coming from accountants by forming alliances with accounting groups....
Financial Planners are increasing their lead over accountants in the bid to win the hearts and minds of the investing public, according to a new report....
The term life insurance market has taken a nosedive following meteoric growth in the mid 1990s. According to the latest Rice Kachor Research market share report, the term...
Two of the biggest players in the US mutual funds industry are preparing to launch in to the Australian retail financial services market....
May is quickly emerging as the month of the revolving door, as a num-ber of senior executives in the funds management industry take leave of their high profile positions....
Macquarie's latest private equity fund has been a hit with retail investors, with the fund closing oversubscribed....


ASIC has canceled the AFSL of Sydney-based asset consultant and research firm....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser for eight years over false and misleading statements regarding clients’ superannuation investments....
ASIC has banned a Melbourne-based financial adviser who gave inappropriate advice to his clients including false and misleading Statements of Advice....
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...