Over half of advisers surveyed have neutral feelings towards the Federal Budget announcements, with only 24 per cent positive and 18 per cent negative, according to Midwi...
Financial planning software providers are hotly competing for superannuation fund clients....
The skills learned as a paraplanner are vital when making the career change to financial advice, writes Mark Larmour....
PortfolioConstruction Forum asks: What's the latest for the major research fund houses?...
Not many financial planners and dealer groups have thought enough about the practical implications of fiduciary duty on the actual advice process and systems, says the ma...
Xplan and Coin are the two most popular financial planning software providers, according to a new report released by Investment Trends....
COIN Office 3.6 now includes corporate actions and gives advisers more control over which actions they apply and when, streamlining the administration process....
Introducing an additional insurer – Asteron – on its FirstChoice platform may make Colonial First State a leader, but it appears to be short of followers at p...
After a couple of tumultuous years, the financial planning software sector is heading for a period of simplicity. Janine Mace explores how providers are adopting a fresh ...
The financial planning industry has undergone significant change over the last few years. Janine Mace reports on the impact this has had on the financial planning softwar...
Financial planning software company, Midwinter Advice Solutions, has purchased AdviserTech from Zurich Financial Services....
AXA Australia has rolled out its new adviser portal called adviserweb, which allows both advisers and clients to interact with AXA through a single log in gateway....
Infocus Money Management is about to launch enhanced online capabilities of its financial planning software, part of a multi-million dollar investment in its IT infrastru...
A number of the weaknesses in smaller financial planning firms are rooted in a lack of understanding of their target client base, according to practice management consult...
Aviva tops inaugural life insurance benchmarking report but AMP and Macquarie ahead on advice integration....
Might be a bit different to i the past where at most there was one man from the industry on the loaded enquiry boards a...
Who get's the $10M? Where does the money go?? Might it end up in the CSLR to financially assist duped investors??? ...
My view is that after 2026 there will be quite a bit less than 10,000 'advisers' (investment advisers) and less than 100...