The sheer size of the baby boomer generation presents a retirement planning opportunity too good for financial advisers to miss. But the fact that they also think differe...

The overwhelming majority of clients would drop a financial planning practice cold if their current adviser were to leave the group, prompting serious questions about the...

The financial planning practice of high profile adviser Dominic Alafaci has struck a joint venture deal with Ipac Securities, creating a new offshoot, Collins House Finan...

More and more financial planners are getting into risk insurance, but it is not as straightforward as it may seem. For the first time, the FPA will tackle some of the iss...

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has snared former MLC strategist - Marc Herrmannsen - to head-up its ongoing group-wide advice project and assist in formulating a new ...

ING Australia has lost its executive director of advice Tony Hartley with chief executive Paul Bedbrook swiftly announcing senior executive Colin Morgan as his replacemen...

We are a financial planning practice that has developed from the old style insurance company. Because of this we have about 4,000 clients spread all over Australia. Under...

We are a financial planning practice that has developed from the old style insurance company. Because of this, we have about 4,000 clients spread all over Australia. Unde...

The revolving door is never far from financial services. Jason Spits takes a look at who left, who joined and who rose one more rung on the ladder....

Capstone Financial Planning has succeeded in recruiting the financial planning arm of a well established Victorian accounting firm, a move that will see four PACT adviser...

There is one major theme I want to canvass over the next few months – the chain of broken promises from financial planners, research houses, investment managers and the r...

AMP and PricewaterhouseCoopers have combined to launch a new dealer group catering to the specific needs of chartered accountants considering expanding their service offe...

If we thought we had problems in Australia, they pale in comparison to those besetting the financial planning industry in Canada. Julie Bennett and Lucie Beaman report....

As market conditions continue to fluctuate and financial planners feel the pressure, a positioning strategy paves the way for strong growth. Chris Dionne talks to Melinda...