After less than six months in her role as head of executive services, Macquarie Financial Service’s Jane Watts has been promoted to the position of head of wealth managem...

Head of ING Advice, Mike Goodall, has announced his intention to resign from the Dutch giant to strike out and create his own financial advisory business....

The middle is dropping out of the financial planning industry as medium sized financial services groups continue to decline in numbers through mergers and consolidation, ...

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has admitted that its membership base suffers serious weaknesses in the key areas of disclosure, training, risk management and ad...

Half of those working within the financial planning industry believe there is a crisis of investor confidence in the sector, according to a Securities Institute survey....

One of the biggest moves in planning this year has been the emergence of Centrestone. SIMON SEGAL reports....

Up to 160 of ING’s financial advisers remain uncertain about their future within the Dutch giant after it completed the restructure of its financial planning businesses w...

The ING group has launched a new dealer group, Tandem Financial Advice, completing a year long program to consolidate and reposition its financial planning businesses....

At what point should a financial planning business consider outsourcing back-office functions and when is the right time to do it? FIONA MOORE reports on the telltale sig...

Queensland-based stockbroking business Wilson HTM completely recreated its business in 1996, because it had to. Now six years later, it has bedded down the introduction o...

ING will approach the board of ANZ in July seeking a substantial capital commitment from its joint venture partner to establish its desired dealer group models and to re-...

Fiducian Portfolio Services is gearing up to launch its own financial planning software and administration system as well as boosting the number of its offices to 30 by t...

Practice management can mean the difference between having an efficient or sloppy planning business. KATE KACHOR reports on what the industry considers the best and worst...

Colonial First State is to make a major push to sell its products through the Commonwealth Bank branches, says group executive investment Peter Polson....