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Financial Planning

How AMP plans to bounce back

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2022
AMP's chair has explained how the group intends to improve its financial performance, while Alexis George outlined how the 173-year-old company will be transformed, with a strong focus on the retirement space.

Record number of adviser graduates: Kaplan

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Kaplan Professional announced a record number of financial advisers have graduated from postgraduate financial planning qualifications in 2020 and 2021.

Clime acquires private wealth firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2022
Clime Investment Management has acquired a Melbourne wealth management business for $7 million.

BlackRock launches ESG model portfolios

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
BlackRock has introduced a range of ESG model portfolios covering a range of risk profiles, saying it is making sustainability more affordable.

Trust in financial services jumps: CFA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
While Australian investors are overall less trusting of the financial services industry and financial advisers than global peers, a new survey has found levels of trust to be robust.

We knew people would leave the advice industry: Hume

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAY 2022
The regulatory transition of the financial advice industry has been cumbersome for many people but senator Jane Hume believes the worst of it is over.

Remembering Steve Williams

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
ClearBridge Investments has led tributes to its head of intermediary sales Steve Williams, who passed away last week following a short illness.

US firm backs Koda Capital

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2022
The private wealth manager has sold a minority stake to Emigrant Partners as part of a broader strategy that will see Koda Capital make its own acquisitions.

Advice firms struggle to make most of socials

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2022
A recent survey by BT found just 37% of financial advisers have received referrals via social media in the last 12 months.

Managed accounts drive profit, revenue surge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2022
Financial advice firms using managed accounts for the last three years have seen almost 80% more profit per owner than those without, new research shows.