CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Editorial

Freedom and adventure are not usually associated with financial planning, but Western Pacific Financial Group finds a little of each goes a long way in building a dealers...

Financial planning

Principal Global Investors (PGI) Australia has re-entered the Australian fixed income market following the expiry of a non-compete contract clause in its US-parent’s sale...

Rate the raters

After some tough times, Morningstar has become a self-sustaining research business with advisory groups opening up the doors to external offerings. Kate Kachor reports....

People & Products

Deutsche Asset Management has appointed its acting head of retail distribution Alan Miller formally into the role five months after the departure of Bruce Murphy, who lef...

Financial planning

National Australia Bank has confirmed the appointment of former Citigroup chief executive Ahmed Fahour to the newly created role of chief executive officer Australia and ...

Financial planning

The internal debate around transparency in the funds management industry has been very damaging, and it is now at risk of further regulation of the value chain, according...

People & Products

ING Australia has lost its executive director of advice Tony Hartley with chief executive Paul Bedbrook swiftly announcing senior executive Colin Morgan as his replacemen...

Financial planning

Asgard will offer a 28 per cent reduction in risk premium rates for larger employer groups while raising premiums for some personal insurance products by up to 40 per cen...

Financial planning

Multi-manager Russell Investment Group has struck a deal worth an initial $180 million with financial planning dealership Australian Financial Services to manage its supe...

Financial planning

Two of the industry's largest associations have pre-empted Government and regulators by outlawing several methods of alternative remuneration, and will now seek to reach ...

Financial planning

Two of the industry’s largest associations have pre-empted Government and regulators by outlawing several methods of alternative remuneration, and will now seek to reach ...

Financial planning

Six months after debuting, retail distribution group The Private Collection has expanded its operation into Victoria, recruiting former AMP Capital Investors state invest...

Funds management

The real estate arm of Macquarie Bank, Macquarie Property, has struck a deal with Ochtar Capital Partners to launch an investment company focused on private equity real e...

Financial planning

UBS Global Asset Management is the latest investment manager to lose key small cap personnel after the loss of its emerging companies fund portfolio manager Michael Cowin...

People & Products

Tower Australia-owned risk advice dealer Pivotal Financial Services has a new head following former head of financial planning at Trust Company, Steve Murray, joining the...

sub-bgsidebar subscription

Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry

MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 5 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 2 days ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

2 weeks 5 days ago