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Financial planning

In recent years advisers have been encouraged to move to 'paperless offices' and platform providers have actively pushed dealer groups to store their client data on the s...

Financial planning

Count Financial has revealed a further decline in funds under management in the face of continuing market volatility but has also foreshadowed further acquisitions....

Financial planning

The latest Investment Trends Platform report has seen Avanteos named the top platform for the third year in a row, but the research also reveals a platform industry hit h...

Financial planning

Plan B's acquisition of Strategic Financial Management has delivered a positive look to the Group's March quarter but underlying FUM has declined further....

Financial planning

The fallout from the financial crisis has hit platforms hard, with funds under administration and their bottom lines slumping dramatically. And as John Wilkinson reports,...

Financial planning

In the good times, revenue from platforms have been a strong source of income for dealer groups and advisers...

Funds management

Wealth management team appointed to positions within new executive committee following the merger of nabInvest, MLC and NAB Private and Institutional Wealth....

Editorial

Technology change is now driving the life insurance market in significant ways and applying for life insurance is easier than ever for advisers and their customers....

People & Products

Former managing director of Plum Financial will steer the business through its next stage of growth....

Financial planning

$38 billion lost in December 2008 quarter....

Financial planning

Aviva freezes staff numbers and salaries but is hoping to avoid redundancies based on the continuing strength of its risk business....

Financial planning

Aviva freezes staff numbers and salaries but is hoping to avoid redundancies based on the continuing strength of its risk business....

Financial planning

Over 70 investment options added to platform....

Financial planning

Plan for Life data confirms grim picture for platform wraps and master trusts....

Life/Risk

Platform providers must increase the number of risk products on their platforms as advisers look to insurance to provide a greater source of revenue for their businesses ...

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

5 months ago

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

5 months ago

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

7 months 1 week ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

4 weeks 1 day ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 4 days ago

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

3 weeks ago