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Editorial

Booming investment markets and a decision to not pay almost $1 million for professional indemnity cover have helped Barry Lambert’s Count Financial to record a $12.3 mill...

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Financial planning

Just weeks after it lost two of its key executives to rival Financial Wisdom, IOOF-owned dealer group Winchombe Carson has sought to bolster its executive team....

Financial planning

The introduction of the Financial Services Reform Act has had a major impact on practice profitability – especially for smaller businesses that do not have the scale to e...

Financial planning

While platform operators talk about scale driving cost efficiencies, critics argue that there has been very little difference in the cost structure for end investors over...

Financial planning

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Financial planning

Listed financial planning dealer group Count Financial is on track to exceed its operating profit growth target of 30 per cent for the third consecutive year....

Editorial

Australia’s five largest banks increased their wealth management income by 19.2 per cent and their funds under management by 11.3 per cent in the first half of 2004-05, a...

Financial planning

The Tasmanian State Government has become an unlikely bidder for financial planners’ direct equity business, through its backing of a new service called investmentadviser...

Financial planning

Solid growth in inflows through platforms and wholesale funds along with strong contributions from Asia have offset weaker results in advice from New Zealand to deliver A...

Financial planning

Industry superannuation funds cannot boast a consistent fee advantage over all retail master trusts and, where multi-manager platforms are concerned, may be more expensiv...

Financial planning

Nothing much has changed on Money Management’s list of Top 50 Distributors during the space of the last 12 months....

Financial planning

Count Financial has reported a 36 per cent increase in funds under advice for 2004-05, despite a small reduction in its number of franchisees....

Financial planning

The evolution of financial planning systems has taken various forms, as the complexity of advisers’ business practices grows. Traditionally, there has been the front-end ...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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