AMP affiliated financial advisers in New Zealand are thumbing their noses at a proposed support package by the company to help them through the de-merger process....
Financial planners, clients and ASIC are focusing on how financial planners price their services. Which way is the best way to go? Robert Keavney reports....
Almost seven years ago Robbie Bennetts met with the founding accountants and financial planners who were to become the first advisers within Professional Investment Servi...
PremiumChoice platform is set to target Western and South Australia in a bid to expand the number of dealer groups using its services by 30 per cent over the next 12 mont...
The Australian Investors’ Association (AIA) and Adviser Ratings August survey of investor and adviser sentiment has flagged a positive shift in mood regarding the Austral...
Dealer group Associated Planners (AP) has launched a succession planning service to advisers - the AP Partnership program - to assist it in attracting new blood to the gr...
RetireInvest is on the up and up – and they want you....
Sealcorp-owned advisory groups Securitor and Pact will rebate 100 per cent of client fees paid by cheque to the groups back to advisers, creating a fee for service model ...
St George Bank branches have begun to refer financial planning clients to advisers within the Securitor dealer group in rural areas where clients have no access to salari...
Perpetual Personal Financial Services, the wealth management division of Perpetual Trustees, has retrenched 51 staff including a small number of advisers in what it says ...
While the pay may be less than spectacular, paraplanning is set to become a career in its own right. Ben Abbott reports....
Madison Financial Group might be small, but it knows where it’s headed. Kate Kachor reports....
Macquarie Portfolio Services will launch its own version of a low cost platform in August which will offer minimum investment levels of only $2000 to access the platform....
Research conducted by the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) has found that managed funds are still the leading investment vehicle for advisers despite the fact that many ar...
Platform provider Oasis has built what it claims is the industry’s first free software product - a new Internet-based straight through processing (STP) adviser desktop sy...
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...