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Planners prime legal targets for angry clients

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2011
... and major ratings houses gave Trio and associated Astarra funds glowing ratings. Finn Kelly, financial planner at advisory group Synchron, said advisers could not rely solely on research houses and needed to pay attention to see how they were remunerated. ...

Flare up over MoneySmart

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2011
The MoneySmart website, launched this week, has already sparked up old flames between super funds and advisers when the site recommended consumers choose advisers who work on a fee-for-service basis. "In our opinion, the fee-for-service model is generally ...

Mind the leadership gap: survey

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
Nearly half of financial services industry professionals think their bosses are not effective or trustworthy, according to a survey of more than 170,000 workers in Australia and New Zealand. The Aon Hewitt poll, covering seven sectors of the economy ...

Morningstar signs $35bn research deal with CFS

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2011
Researcher Morningstar Australasia has stolen the march on rival S&P when it secured a research agreement with Colonial First State, providing managed fund research and other services to planning groups with a combined $35 billion of funds under advice. ...

Infocus to grow NSW base

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 FEB 2011
Dealer group Infocus Money Management is to build out its financial planning network from 75 advisory groups to 200 nationally while focusing on its existing planners through its second phase workshop program. As part of this nationwide expansion plan ...

New chapter for ASET and FMD

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2011
ASET Wealth Management and FMD Group usher in 2011 as stand-alone practices, cutting ties with their previous owners and signing on to dealer group services provider Paragem. ASET Wealth, formally WalterTurnbull Financial Planning, has separated from ...

Platforms control market, not advisers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... First State with 12 per cent, AMP with 11 per cent and ANZ OnePath with 9 per cent. ANZ OnePath is the biggest advisory group with 1,764 planners, followed by AMP group with 1,719 and PIS with 1,417.

Netwealth expands distribution

NEWS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2010
Platform and financial services provider netwealth Investments has appointed a former national HNW manager at Credit Suisse, Alexander Ordon, as senior distribution manager for the northern region. Besides Ordon, netwealth said it plans to make further ...

Treasury Group ramps up asset allocation muscle

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2010
Treasury Group has created an investment advisory group, Premium Services, whose core function is to provide asset allocation knowhow to Treasury's suite of boutique funds. Yesterday Treasury formed Premium Services, an advisory team made up of Mark ...

New mortgage platform to offer top commissions

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAY 2010
... industry's lowest flat-rate fee, said LFBA founder and managing director Julian Mitton. Imagine if a financial advisory group said this. Mitton said, "This is the first time an Australian aggregation model has offered its brokers the potential to share ...