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AFS launches business school

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2007
The Australian Financial Planners Services Group (AFS) has announced plans to open a business school allowing financial planners to grow their skills in running their operations. Beginning in October, the school will offer no financial planning strategy ...

Austock Life on Rainmaker iTV

Need to know more about imputation bonds and other tax effective strategies? Austock Life is the first to present a video-on-demand (VOD) seminar exclusively for financial planners regarding tax-paid managed funds, now available on Rainmaker iTV. Just ...

AXA takes care of business

... planners to monitor the level of service they offer to clients and how much that is costing them. Scott Haywood, a financial planner for 15 years and advisor at Haywood Financial Planning, was among the planners from 15 financial planning businesses ...

SA posts record planner growth

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... the growth rate in other states, according to eJobs Financial Planning. The survey found that the number of financial planner job advertisements in SA was 117 per cent higher in July this year compared to last July. By contrast, growth in NSW/ACT jobs ...

Super changes push SMSFs through planner doors

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2007
... Investment Trends principal Mark Johnston said, "You've got this impetus, 42 per cent going and talking to a financial planner, as a result of the super changes, which has led to this massive spike in the number currently using a financial planner for ...

AUI appoints state manager

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2007
Australian Unity Investments (AUI) has appointed Damen Purcell as state manager in its NSW/ACT business development team. Previously Purcell was Northern Region retail manager with Ausbil Dexia Limited and has worked with Colonial First State and ING ...

Centric snaps up lending firm

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... the market and already have a number of clients in common." Pillemer also said Centric aimed to make one more financial planner acquisition before listing later this year, but declined to give details, citing confidentiality agreements.

Perpetual appoints new head of platforms

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2007
Perpetual has promoted senior manager of platforms and investments Gai Ferrington to head of platforms for the wealth management arm. Ferrington commenced joined Perpetual 12 months ago after 14 years at ING. She will report directly to chief operating ...

Lonsdale rejects Count offer

Dealer group Lonsdale Financial Group has rejected the unsolicited offer by Count Financial, less than a month after Count announced its intentions to counter the offer from DKN. The Lonsdale board has said they are already in advanced and ongoing discussions ...

ASIC to update planner training guidelines

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2007
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is seeking feedback on proposals to update its training guidelines for financial planners. The proposed changes relate to Regulatory Guide 146 (RG 146), and take into account submissions to ...