WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Financial planning

Western Australian financial services group BankWest has launched a new financial planning company - BWA Financial Services - targeting a broad spectrum of its existing c...

Financial planning

Advance Funds Management has appointed ex-ING manager employer super Sue Mieog as its new head of product, a move which forms part of its strategy to offer differentiated...

Funds management

Suncorp Metway’s wealth management business, with a 29.3 per cent decline in profit, has tarnished what is otherwise an impressive year’s performance for the 12 months en...

Funds management

AXA Asia Pacific Holdings (AXA APH), with profit of $287 million, has more than doubled its performance for the six months ending June in comparison to last year’s $134 m...

Financial planning

A recent tour of Europe got Tom Collins thinking about local perceptions to financial services, particularly in relation to distribution....

Financial planning

AMP and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) today launched Magnify Financial Planners, a new dealer group catering to the specific needs of chartered accountants considering exp...

Funds management

National Australia Bank's wealth management division, which includes MLC, has completed a major shake-up of its senior executive ranks....

Funds management

The wealth management divisions of Australian banks can look forward to a further half a year of lacklustre performance according to the latest KPMG Major Bank Survey....

Financial planning

Major banks will have to seriously rethink their strategies following disappointing earnings from their wealth management arms. Lisa Bowman reports....

Financial planning

Fiducian Financial Services will soon launch a financial planning software package, FORCeFP, which will write financial plans meeting all FSRA requirements....

Editorial

National Australia Bank (NAB) has reported a $205 million write-down of its $6.5 billion wealth management business due to the continued lacklustre performance of global...

Funds management

ANZ Banking Group is expected to reveal the flat performance of its wealth management joint venture with ING when it releases its half-yearly profit result tomorrow....

Financial planning

Listed financial services group Hartleys Limited will close its wealth management division, sell its margin lending book and transfer selected Hartley advisers and client...

Financial planning

AXA chief executive officer Les Owen says that despite all the recent bad news the outlook for the Australian wealth management market looks good....

Financial planning

The Westpac Bank passed a major landmark in its integration of the BT Financial Group today after it announced the roll out of BT’s wrap platform to its in-house financia...

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