While political leaders came and went and further regulation rumbled through, it seemed the financial planning sector spent the last 12 months in a holding pattern with m...

Money Management has partnered with Tepana Financial Indices to bring you the 2013 Independent and Institutional Dealer Groups of the Year. ...

The so-called “fifth pillar” of Australia’s banking sector, AMP, now owns the two biggest dealer groups in Australia....

Planners leave amid FOFA pressure and institutional offers....

More than half of advisers in the industry have been approached by one or more dealer group asking them to switch, according to a CoreData survey....

The Federal Court has given ASIC the green light to pursue Storm founders in court over the failure of the dealer group. ...

After much debate, FOFA is set to hit the beach in a matter of days on 1 July. D-Day is imminent – and a survival strategy for planners is now absolutely imperative, writ...

Guardian Advice has entered into an equity partnership with Capital Managers as the dealer group launches its new practice equity model. ...

Newly-formed dealer group Beacon Financial Group has signed on to use OneVue’s Unified Managed Account (UMA) investment platform. ...

Half of former Whittaker Macnaught advisers have set up their own practices under CBA-owned Financial Wisdom, while Eureka and MSI Taylor are picking up the rest of the b...

BT Select has confirmed its continued growth but acknowledges careful due diligence on the AFS practices it recruited. ...

Financial planning dealer group WB Financial will soon dissolve and fold into the Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom. ...

Responding to the growing demand for direct equities, Australian Unity Personal Financial Services is in the process of rolling out a direct equity policy for its adviser...

Clients’ objectives being lost amid pandemic of short-termism, according to Money Management roundtable participants....