[Weeky Wrap] Back to school for advisers

Welcome to the first Weekly Wrap of this year. Often the last few weeks of December are a very busy time for news. This year is no exception and I suspect there are still some more big stories to go in the week before Christmas.

Two themes have already emerged on goodreturns.co.nz this year. One is education, the other is people mobility. What I mean here is that last year we saw a reduced number of new appointments compared to previous year. Already 2010 has seen quite a few announcements and my prediction is there will be many more this year; especially once some of the M&A activity kicks into gear. You can keep track of all the changes on our People Page.

Some of the changes so far include: A new boss at Tyndall; Milford has pinched someone from BT, Leonie Wallwork has switched camps and FundSource has a new chief.

In the education area ETITO has approved some more organisations to provide training to advisers including the Open Polytechnic. Also the Strategi group has set up an "institute" which has been approved.