Industry research tells us that more and more people are turning to financial planners – but what do clients really think of their advisers? David Chaplin investigates....
Yes they should. Well if you look at any other profession not all GPs are surgeons and essentially an account may not have the exposure to investments, just because you c...
Westpac is getting very serious about its expanding its financial planning business – and it’s willing to put its money where its mouth is, as Stuart Engel reports...
Forget the swimming, forget the marathon - the Year 2000 Sydney Olympic Games provide the perfect opportunity to put our nation’s greatest planners through their paces, a...
Financial Planners have rightly focused on professionalism, but too many have not paid enough attention to the operations side of their businesses. Anyone in finance not ...
What makes Australia’s top planners so successful? The answer, as Gerard Doherty discovered, lies partly in successful client management....
The growth of interest in ethical funds has been well documented but the successful staging of a two day ethical investments conference in Sydney last week confirms this ...
Tax reform, new licensing laws and an added emphasis on professionalism and training is a turbulent time to become chairman of the Financial Planning Association. Jason S...
Macquarie Bank have joined the growing list of online service providers adding man-aged funds to its product list, and is in talks to provide online advice....
The transition of portfolio assets when changing fund managers is resulting in higher costs and loss of performance for superannuation funds according to Frank Russell tr...
Rothschild Australia Asset Management (RAAM) has announced that as part of expansion plans it has made two major appointments, one each side of the Tasman....
The need to fill vacancies in its UK operations has lead to a staff shuffle at Colo-nial First State with distribution and communication general manager Rob Adams becomin...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...