FINANCIAL PLANNERS

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The opportunity to take an equity stake is one of the most important features advisers look for when choosing a master trust or wrap. But could it leave the financial pla...

Financial planning

FINANCIAL Planning consultant Paul Resnik is preparing to put his money where his mouth is with plans to launch a chain of financial planning offices....

Financial planning

AustChoice Financial Services has reported a 51 per cent rise in revenues to report a pre-tax profit of $4 million....

Financial planning

The level of outstanding loans relating to margin lending accounts, as well as the number of margin lending clients, have grown dramatically in the past year. PRUE MOODIE...

Financial planning

THE FORMAL takeover of BT by Westpac will leave the new entity with two margin lending operations....

Financial planning

IWL has struck a deal to boost its stake in online broking group Sanford, moving up from around 5 per cent to nearly 10 per cent with options to further increase the stak...

Financial planning

Credit Suisse Asset Management has today announced a series of aggressive measure designed to boost its stakes amongst financial planners in an otherwise mooted investmen...

Financial planning

Industry super funds and financial planners are not supposed to mix. But that could change if Frances Magill, the chief executive of the South Australian based Statewide ...

Financial planning

The Asgard master trust has taken out the top prize in this year’s Assirt Service Level awards after being voted the best investment platform in the country by financial ...

Financial planning

The Wilson HTM group is set to stay on the acquisition trail it started with the purchase of BNP Paribas’ Australian asset management business, confirming it is currently...

Financial planning

The life insurance industry has continued with its moves to become more profitable and the news is good for planners. JASON SPITS examines what senior executives are plan...

Financial planning

PLATFORM provider Coreinvest has taken competition in the investment platform market to new heights, offering cash payments to financial planners....

Financial planning

IF THERE was one phrase to illustrate what this year’s Top 100 has revealed, it would have to be “steady as it goes”....

Financial planning

The names may be different thanks to buyouts and mergers, but, as SIMON SEGAL reports, not that much has changed in this year’s Top 100....

Financial planning

ROYAL & Sun Alliance (R&SA) gave birth to Guardian Financial Services in November 2001. Not yet 12 months old, the group has already attracted 98 planners and has plans t...

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