DEALER GROUP

Financial planning

Dealer group Professional Investment Services has restructured with state manager roles being cut in a new regional approach....

Editorial

There has been a tendency to forget about the ACCC ever since the regulation of consumer protection in the financial services industry moved to ASIC in 2001. But as Grant...

Accounting

The introduction of the APES 230 ethical standards for accountants will not affect WHK's business model, according to the dealer group's chief risk officer Craig Lake....

Financial planning

Ford + Scott Financial Planning has resigned from Securitor and joined Paragem's AFSL....

Financial planning

Financial planning groups will lose the presumption of innocence where volume rebates are concerned....

People & Products

BT Investment Management has grown its wholesale sales team with the appointments of Nick Mitchell, Laurice Considine and David Bolsom....

Financial planning

Independent dealer group Premium Wealth Management has grown its network to 23 practices via Platinum Wealth Management coming on board....

Editorial

The dealer group model is changing and BT’s Mark Spiers says financial planners will need to make choices consistent with the newly evolving reality....

Financial planning

GBST has released a new wealth management platform that it said is market ready for incoming Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) requirements....

Financial planning

Non-aligned dealer groups are having to adopt a creative approach to filling the revenue shortfall left by bans on volume rebates....

Financial planning

Some authorised representatives of banned licensee Morrison Carr claim ASIC did not notify them as soon as the dealer group's licence was cancelled, leaving them practisi...

Superannuation

Smaller licensees may hold the solution for financial advisers seeking more value-for-money when it comes to dealer group fees, according to Pinnacle Practice director An...

People & Products

Former ANZ executive Alan Logan appointed to head AFS....

Policy & Regulation

A Money Management roundtable has identified a key consequence of opt-in - orphan clients....

Financial planning

Concerns have been raised about the ever-shrinking independent dealer group sector and the potential impacts on the advice provided to clients in the future....

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