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Financial planning
MLC-backed dealer group Godfrey Pembroke has added Tasmanian-based advice and accounting firm Collins SBA to its ranks....
Financial planning
ASIC ordered AAA planners to be covered by the dealer group’s PI insurance policy until 29 January, 2014....
Financial planning
The FPA is investigating claims made by dealer group AAA Shares about its affilliation with the FPA and the CFP status of some of its planners....
Financial planning
ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell said dealer group AAA Financial Intelligence had an “appalling record” when it comes to ensuring the advice provided was fair and honest....
Financial planning
Global debt finance specialist Bibby Financial Services has appointed Mark Cleaver as the company’s managing director for Australia and New Zealand....
Financial planning
After 12 months of inertia, many planners are finally making some tough decisions about the way they run their businesses, says My Dealer Group principal Anne Fuchs....
People & Products
Centric Wealth has named Celia Carroll as the dealer group's new state manager for Victoria. ...
Financial planning
Planners and other key stakeholders with Australian Financial Services (AFS) have held a series of meetings over the past two weeks to consider the future of the dealer g...
Financial planning
Many licensees are putting up "road barriers" to prevent their authorised representatives leaving for another dealer group, says Synchron director Don Trapnell....
Editorial
The launch of a national curriculum for financial planning degrees by the Financial Planning Education Council was a major win for the industry in 2012....
Editorial
Plan B's Andrew Black could be forgiven for thinking he is being followed by IOOF in the wake of its acquisition of the dealer group....
Financial planning
TAL Australia has announced the launch of Affinia, a new risk-specialist dealer group....
Financial planning
Premium Wealth Management has added Boston Private Wealth to its dealer group, the third Queensland-based practice to join the group this year....
Editorial
Mike Taylor writes that codes of conduct are only effective when those who sign up genuinely appreciate the consequences that follow a breach....
Financial planning
Rapid growth of some financial services licensees has caused regulator concern due to many of them lacking support systems for larger numbers of advisers....
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...