Invesco Australia has appointed former AXA Australia and New Zealand chief investment officer John Nairn in the newly created role of chief operating officer....
Lazard Asset Management has announced a number of senior appointments after restructuring elements of its management team in a bid to enhance its client servicing capabil...
Recent legislation is set to revamp the South African financial planning industry. Craig Phillips reports....
The financial planning industry in the UK is in a state of flux. Lisa Bowman reports....
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will find it impossible to solve its professional indemnity (PI) insurance woes, according to a leading insurance broking house a...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA), in an attempt to stave off criticism it fails to fully represent its membership base, has appointed two staffers to focus solely...
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has finally settled on a professional designation for its members, registering the Authorised Financial Adviser Australia (AFA...
Associated Planners Financial Services and Total Super have formed a self managed superannuation fund (SMSF) support alliance they say will strengthen their approach in t...
Ipac Securities is expanding its business reach to cover the Brisbane financial planning market, after announcing plans to open an office there this month....
Adelaide-based financial planner David Middleton has called on the industry to come up with a risk-profiling process that puts the client’s needs first or run the risk of...
National Australia Bank (NAB) has reported a $205 million write-down of its $6.5 billion wealth management business due to the continued lacklustre performance of global...
With over two decades in the game, dealer manager Michael Summers has always kept his practices ahead of their time. John Wilkinson reports....
The Symetry investment platform has flagged an extensive expansion program moving beyond its current master trust business into a range of dealer services and client acce...
Adviser Edge has been chosen by Hillross Financial Services, AMP Financial Planning and Arrive Wealth Management to provide research on agribusiness managed investment sc...
Guardian Financial Planning was created as a haven for risk-based advisers in the face of the Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) and, as Simon Segal writes, the group h...
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...