Despite market uncertainty rattling more than a few in the financial services food chain, the Aon group is not content to join the pack of sharemarket watchers, writes Ka...
Moves by a number of Winchcombe Carson planners to get IOOF managing director Rob Turner’s contract extended were rebuffed by chairman Ray Schoer at the group’s annual ge...
Garrisons managing director Kim White has announced his resignation from the group and with Synergy managing director Jim McKay moving into the role on an acting basis....
Much has been written about how financial planners can gain increased business efficiencies and put in place appropriate succession planning strategies, says Peter Dawson...
How do dealer groups pick their planners? John Wilkinson reports....
Over the past year, the Tower group has redirected its overall strategy and returned its focus to the risk end of the market. Lucie Beaman looks at what this means for th...
The financial planning arm of the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) is developing an “adviser academy” which it hopes will raise the standard of its advice business and attract a f...
Sealcorp chief executive Ian Knox has stepped down from the job after more than four years in charge, extending a string of departures from St George owned businesses....
It has been an eventful year for Garrisons, with a change in the structure of the parent company being the most significant. John Wilkinson reports....
When the chairman of Hunter Hall International, Peter Hall, founded the ethical fund manager back in 1994, it was a one-man band that took four years to reach $30 million...
A case of attempted fraud has surfaced with training and education provider Integratec alleging a woman has forged education qualifications in attempt to dishonestly ente...
Tower Australia Limited will relaunch Pivotal Financial Advisers as a risk based dealer group and has set out on an ambitious drive to recruit risk advisers to the group....
Sydney-based financial planning group Morrison Carr will embark on an ambitious recruitment program by offering a flat dealer fee to advisers of $1,000 per month....
Garrisons Financial Planning has signed an exclusive three year agreement with Queensland Police Credit Union (QPCU) to provide financial planning services to its 34,000 ...
AMP and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) today launched Magnify Financial Planners, a new dealer group catering to the specific needs of chartered accountants considering exp...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...