The general manager of RetireInvest, David Phelan, will leave the group at the end of this week, bringing to a close nearly seven years with the group....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has moved in on property investment seminar promoters, obtaining undertakings from Henry Kaye, Alan Meagher, National...
Financial planners are earning even bigger salaries, but is the bubble about to burst? Lisa Bowman reports....
Want to make more money in financial planning? Take the self-employed route. Lisa Bowman reports....
The Boutique Financial Planning Principals Group’s (BFPPG) Bruce Baker says it is too soon to know the effects of the Australian Consumers’ Association (ACA)/Australian S...
Trust general manager funds management Jeremy Edmonds will leave the company following restructuring as a result of the merger of Permanent Trustees and Trust Company of ...
At a time when advisers are under pressure because of negative returns, Jack Houwing and Mike Fitzpatrick argue that estate planning presents a business development oppor...
Perennial Investment Management must increase its international equities funds under management (FUM) in order to remain viable over the long-term according to research h...
More than 80 per cent of do-it-yourself (DIY) super fund investors believe their accountant or financial adviser will be held responsible if their fund breaches super leg...
The skill of a boutique fund manager is to find a niche and perform well within that speciality. Rural Funds Management seems to have found such a niche, as John Wilkinso...
The Australian Tax Office (ATO) is making life easier for accountants and advisers with the introduction of electronic lodgment of self managed superannuation fund (SMSF)...
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is threatening legal action against self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) which fail to comply....
Boutique investment manager Perennial Investment Partners has appointed former Invesco head of operations Lewis Bearman into the same role with the predominantly value-st...
Sydney-based dealer group Premium Accounting has signed on with Adviser Resource Centre (ARC) in a deal that pushes the number of dealer groups signed to the service this...
Chapel Road, the financial planning dealer group which had its licence revoked in April 2001, will be able to operate once again after the Administrative Appeals Tribunal...
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...