FINANCIAL PLANNING

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In 1999, Westpac Financial Planning & Advice (Westpac) which ranked fifth in the Money Management Fastest Growing Dealer Groups Survey, had 570 advisers....

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AXA Financial Planning has used its localised planner support network and an internationally recognised brand to grow its planner numbers by over 300 in the past four yea...

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As disillusioned planners continue their exodus from bank owned groups, Bridges Financial Services is one group positioning itself to catch the fallout. Lucie Beaman repo...

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What use is past performance in predicting the future? Deirdre Keown reports....

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The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) will call for a standardised fee disclosure template for financial products and services on Tuesday when it rel...

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Macquarie Bank’s funds management division - with a 17 per cent increase in funds under management to $4.7 billion over the past 12 months - and its financial services di...

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Absolute return fund manager Basis Capital Management has had its successful flagship fund made available to the retail market, with both BT and Macquarie now offering th...

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Research group 5Di will be absorbed back into the Garrisons financial planning group as part of an ongoing restructure which will also result in the group rolling out a d...

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Centrestone Wealth Advisory Group has cemented its first year’s rapid rise, launching a Melbourne office and acquiring another planning practice in Sydney, taking the bus...

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One of Australia’s largest public companies Wesfarmers Limited has emerged as the potential buyer of insurance and financial services group Lumley, entering into exclusiv...

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Three credit union dealer groups have merged to create financial services firm CU Financial Advisory Services....

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Promina has continued the renaming of the former Royal & SunAlliance (RSA) group announcing today that the financial services division will drop the RSA moniker and be ca...

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