Newspaper icon
The latest issue of Financial Standard now available as an e-newspaper
READ NOW

Search Results

Showing 4191 - 4200 of 4393 results for "financial Advice"

Premium outlines growth strategy

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAY 2008
... that could benefit the dealer group's advisers and clients. Reflecting the firm's strategy, Saunders announced financial advice practice principal, Michael Fogarty had joined the dealer group, increasing the number of member firms to 21 and the number ...

ANZ Private Bank recruits Hamaris

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... will be responsible for growing the bank's advisory capability. ANZ Private Bank provides specialists across financial advice, risk management, estate planning and margin lending services to personal investors and business owners.

Australians wary of advice commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
Nearly two thirds of Australians believe the adviser sales commission system compromises financial advice, according to a Newspoll survey. The Industry Super Network (ISN) commissioned Newspoll survey on public confidence in the financial advice industry ...

Ex-Westpoint adviser faces charges

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... products, including Westpoint, without the proper licence. ASIC alleges that between 2003 and 2005, Rowntree provided financial advice at North Sydney based Solutions One Finance Group on various products including Westpoint related mezzanine company ...

Awareness week for planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2008
... Australia, the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) 31 chapters are getting ready promoting the benefits of financial advice ahead of Financial Planning Week. The Financial Planning Week, which has been running for eight years, occurs from 19th to ...

Trust on track after revamp

This year marks a new chapter at Trust after it divested its stake in a BNY joint venture, restructured its financial advice arm and adopted a new investment model for its $550 million philanthropy arm. The group has today reported its full year results ...

Give advice a tax break

The Industry Super Network has called for the Federal Government to provide tax breaks on financial advice but only if the advice was fee-for-service not commission-based. "A tax deduction for fee for service advice - whether paid out of a member's ...

Getting ethics back on track

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
Good advice? Check. Good investments? Check. Ethics? Hmmm. A US-based financial advice expert said ethics is the third often overlooked plank of a successful business. Speaking at the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) conference in Sydney yesterday ...

Tax offsets for fin advice

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2008
The Federal Government should be prepared to provide tax offsets of up to two thirds of the cost of financial advice if they are serious about increasing Australians' access to these services, according to Mercer Wealth Solutions. Mercer's financial ...

Ken Done sues over $53m bad advice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2008
... accountancy firm, Bentley Barton & Partners and Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom after receiving poor financial advice that cost him $53 million. Brian Fitzgerald, Commonwealth Bank spokesperson said the bank and Financial Wisdom are disputing ...