Financial Planning

Anyone studying the returns for growth assets over the last 3 years (see table below) could be excused for thinking...

Bank based planners have enjoyed particularly strong business growth in recent years, writes Michael Migro And although this will continue...

A “staggering” increase in assets held under master custody drove a 39 per cent rise in total Australian assets under...

At this time of the year we usually wish all our readers a very happy and prosperous new year. But...

To many in the financial services industry, the title “paraplanner” conjures up an image of a quiet techie beavering away...

Tower has entered discussions with three financial planning groups with a view to taking an equity stake in one of...

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has axed plans to merge with the Financial Planning Association (FPA), citing irreconcilable differences...

Australians are only slightly more likely to seek the services of a financial planner when looking for financial guidance than...

Doom and gloom merchants have already fallen in love with the so-called millennium (Y2K) bug. But in the financial markets,...

The fallout from the lengthy, convoluted and occasionally acrimonious merger last year between New Zealand's two largest financial adviser bodies...