On the look out for a new job? The good news is that financial planners are in hot demand. But in order to stand out from the crowd and use your time effectively, conside...
If this year is characterised by one key factor it would have to be the turbulent nature of the industry. As Jason Spits writes, this has driven an almost unprecedented n...
In the cut-and-thrust world of recruitment, consultants have been known to make exaggerated promises, warns Peter Dawson....
Consolidation has become a key to employment prospects within the financial services sector. George Liondis reports on how three went into one at the combined Westpac / B...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has had five new faces elected to its board after the association’s members were called to elect candidates to replace outgoing m...
The Federal Government has used the last sitting day of Parliament this year to introduce legislation backing the latest iteration of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Pr...
IOOF began trading on the Australian Stock Exchange at midday today at $3.80 - a 65 cent premium over the facility price of $3.15 per share....
The Commonwealth Bank has enacted a series of changes within the Financial Wisdom dealer group including the waiving of new license fees, expanded recommended list and th...
Shareholders of listed investment company Bentley Equities - previously BT Global Asset Management - will indirectly vote early in the new year on whether to appoint Cons...
Financial planners using Xplan will now be able to access the complete research and stockbroking product offering of Lonsdale Securities (Lonsec) through their software a...
BT will implement a range of changes to its wrap service after it passed $10 billion in funds under administration....
The legal battle between Graham Rich and Morningstar Australia and Morningstar Incorporated lurched ahead last week after the Federal Court gave directions that the two s...
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...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...