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CountPlus takes stake in firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... look forward to working with the SCBA team on best market practices to grow the business, including financial planning services," Rowe said. The acquisition comes after CountPlus recorded a 59% drop in net profit to $7.1 million in its full-year results ...

Midwinter hires chief commercial officer from AMP

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 MAY 2021
... an adviser to the chief executive of Better Trade Off, a Singapore-based fintech developing digital financial planning services. In April, Jeff Hall departed the ASX-listed firm, having served as chief operating officer of Midwinter for over a year and ...

Guild Super chooses new administrator

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... until later in May, Guild Super said. The fund had also previously offered members access to Mercer Financial Planning services. With the change of administrator, members will no longer have access to a personal advice service. Rather, Guild Super provided ...

Fidelity enters UK advice market

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2021
... services, with plans for further expansion in the future with the addition of estate, tax optimisation and financial planning services. Fidelity said the wealth management arm aims to bring flexibility so customers can select the services which are most ...

End of the road for advice qualifications

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... Australia said: "This qualification reflects the role of paraplanners who provide a comprehensive range of financial planning services across a variety of product environments, including those involving complex issues and/or requiring innovative strategies." ...

Super for women under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... where the money is coming from to pay for the coaching services. This seems like vertically integrated financial planning services pre-Royal Commission with no commissions or fees to be disclosed to the consumer," she said. "At least if a consumer went ...

Fiducian acquires advice practice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2020
... Traralgon offices will merge and with greater scale be able to continue to provide high quality strategic financial planning services much needed in the Gippsland region at this time." Fiducian said that all its advisers are able to work offsite, servicing ...

Bridges acquires bank advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2020
... will retain the same clients. The sale will provide IMB clients with a wider range of specialised financial planning services than IMB is able to offer, IMB chief executive Robert Ryan said. "Our strategic partnership with Bridges will also allow us ...

Robo-advice to be worth US$1.4 trillion

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 FEB 2020
... and Wealthfront were among the first to step into this gap a decade ago. They offer algorithm-driven financial planning services with little to no human supervision." In 2017, assets under management in the robo-advice sector amounted to US$240 billion ...

ASIC drags NAB to court for fees-for-no-service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 17 DEC 2019
... between December 2013 and February 2019 by engaging in fee-for-no-service conduct by not providing financial planning services to a "large number" of customers it was charging fees to. According to ASIC, NAB failed to issue - or issued defective - fee ...
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