FINANCIAL PLANNING

Financial planning

BT Portfolio Services and Zurich Financial Services have bagged the lion’s share of Investor Group’s outsourcing of support services for its financial planning division, ...

Financial planning

As 2001 rolls over on desk calendars issues concerning the financial planning fraternity begin to surface. Kate Kachor looks at the big issues facing planners this year....

Financial planning

The Australian financial planning industry has a history of following some of the major trends emanating from the United States. In the hope of gaining an insight on wher...

Financial planning

RetireInvest and Godfrey Pembroke have beaten off six competitors to supply financial planning and advice to members of Towers Perrin SuperSolutions superannuation packag...

Financial planning

Mercantile Mutual’s parent company, ING has officially launched a new dealer group under the umbrella of ING Financial Planning....

Financial planning

Inaugural president of the Financial Planning Association Bernie Walshe has been awarded life membership of the FPA....

Financial planning

Financial planners who are not giving their clients choice and integrated service will fail, says National’s head of global financial services, Peter Flavel....

Financial planning

Dominic Alafaci has won the 2000 Money Management Financial Planner of the Year award after coming runner up for two years in succession. John Wilkinson asks Alafaci the ...

Financial planning

As a teenager, John Wotherspoon was uncertain about which career path to follow. After being taken by his father to seek the guidance of a career’s adviser, Wotherspoon w...

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Accounting and financial planning consolidator Stockford has paid $10.3 million for Moneywise Financial Planning....

Financial planning

In a move to strengthen its private clients division, Investec has expanded its adviser team with a number of hand picked, high profile advisers according to head of priv...

Financial planning

Royal SunAlliance is to add to its distribution network with the proposed acquisition of financial planning group Cameron Walshe....

Financial planning

Independently owned financial planning group Barbacan Benefits has signed an alliance deal with Garrisons to broaden its client services and adviser resources....

Financial planning

It is now four years since George Flack won the Money Management Financial Planner of the Year. Jason Spits caught up with the high profile planner in a brief reprieve fr...

Financial planning

It is no coincidence that the new Financial Planning Association chairman is also one of Australia’s top planners. Nicole Szollos explores the new directions John Hewison...

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