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Financial planning

The names may be different thanks to buyouts and mergers, but, as SIMON SEGAL reports, not that much has changed in this year’s Top 100....

Financial planning

The Top 100 Dealers Survey is punctuated by the moves of dealer groups, which are often the result of large wallets and large deals. SIMON SEGAL looks at what went down b...

People & Products

THE general manager of ING’s now defunct AustAdvisers dealer group, Neil MacDonald, has left the group to join rival AMP....

Financial planning

BT Funds Management will face even further scrutiny of its acquisition by Westpac, with Australia’s major financial planning dealerships reviewing whether to pull their i...

Financial planning

There is a saying that old advisers never die, they just re-write their life insurance policies....

Financial planning

The subtle changes currently being made to the Hillross/AMP model reflects a repositioning of the value propositions of both businesses. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on what is...

Financial planning

AMP has added to the number of groups offering back-office solutions to financial planners with the launch of a dealer group backoffice support service....

Financial planning

Financial services giant AMP will acquire PricewaterhouseCoopers’ financial planning division for an undisclosed amount, growing the business by 23 financial planners and...

Financial planning

InvestmentLink has expanded its services with the roll out of its transaction processing service for retail managed funds, only one day after the Australian Stock Exchang...

Life/Risk

The crisis in professional indemnity insurance which has engulfed many professions in recent weeks has hit home for financial planners, with at least two more groups refu...

Financial planning

Up to six industry organisations, including a number of fund mangers, have expressed an interest in buying van Eyk research, van Eyk managing director Stephen van Eyk has...

Financial planning

William M Mercer has bounced back from yesterday’s deal collapse with van Eyk Research, continuing its push into the retail financial services market by signing a consult...

Financial planning

Australia’s largest dealer group is preparing to link practice management directly to financial rewards. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on what could be a revolution in adviser r...

Financial planning

Australia’s largest financial planning dealer group, AMP Financial Planning, is predicting extensive amalgamations within its network of financial planning firms as part ...

Financial planning

The influence of large scale financial institutions in the financial advice market shows no signs of abating. GEORGE LIONDIS reports on Money Management’s second annual l...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 4 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

3 months ago

Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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