Bridges Financial Services has won its long-running payroll tax dispute with the Western Australian Government, escaping a $500,000 tax bill in a decision that will come ...

Breakaway dealer groups make good newspaper copy. With the same elements of any TV drama warring factions, disgruntled individuals, secret deals and an occasional bit of...

Whether it was their claims of independence, the arguable benefits of their supposed lack of bias, or their fancy names, non-aligned financial planning practices both sma...

Nothing much has changed on Money Management’s list of Top 50 Distributors during the space of the last 12 months....

The evolution of financial planning systems has taken various forms, as the complexity of advisers’ business practices grows. Traditionally, there has been the front-end ...

Former Tower national sales manager Norman Howe and Mortgage Choice franchisee Mathew Holland have established a new financial planning and mortgage broking group, Advise...

Charter Financial Planning’s growth in advisers is partly due to the success of keeping its existing advisers, says former national manager Bruce Birchall. “Our retention...

Offering a value proposition to advisers was the key to boosting the number of financial planners at Capstone Financial Planning “Our growth is occurring from a variety o...

Dealer groups continue to poach advisers from each other, although a number of advisers are moving of their own accord as they seek more independence....

The success of a dealer group is often measured by adviser numbers. However, examining the assets of the dealer group – that is, the funds under advice and the productivi...

Creating a point of difference from other dealer groups is the reason for the jump in adviser numbers at Australian Financial Services, says chief executive officer Peter...

Professional Investment Services will next week finalise a deal to take an equity stake in a Malaysian financial planning practice, and is poised for further expansion ac...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has permanently banned a Queensland financial adviser, Michel Ruurda, from providing any financial services....

Professional Investment Services will next week finalise a deal to take an equity stake in a Malaysian financial planning practice, and is poised for further expansion ac...