WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Financial planning

Westpac chief executive, Brian Hartzer has acknowledged that the big banking group is ‘thinking through’ the future of its advice business....

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Funds management

Challenger platforms are expected to continue to benefit from industry concerns around wealth management....

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank has targeted late 2019 for completing the demerger of its wealth assets after reporting a solid September quarter....

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Financial planning

AMP has moved to float off its New Zealand wealth management business next year to create a standalone wealth management and advice business....

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Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has accused the Government of caving into the retail banks and the wealth management sector in allowing ‘carve-outs’ from the design and distribu...

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People & Products

Prime Financial has appointed a new CFO following the resignation of Simon Munday. [P&P]...

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Financial planning

Australian clearing, settlement and wealth management technology firm FinClear has acquired the core technology assets of Dion Australia....

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Policy & Regulation

Industry experts told Money Management and Super Review’s Future of Wealth Management conference that while changes from the Royal Commission are welcomed, the regulators...

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Financial planning

The publicly-listed company which last year acquired GPS Wealth is predicting the further convergence of accounting and wealth driven by the Royal Commission and the Fina...

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Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has announced that it will demerge its wealth management and mortgage broking businesses, which will result in the creation of an independent ...

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Expert Analysis

As the dust has settled enough on the Federal Budget to allow for reflection on its impact on clients, Damon Frith writes that its implementation depends on a lot of econ...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has flagged greater use of external resources in pursuing its crackdowns on wealth management....

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Financial planning

A former NAB adviser has pleaded guilty to two charges of submitting financial planning documents for his own personal gain....

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People & Products

Crestone Wealth Management has announced key changes to its board including a new director and a change in chairman....

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People & Products

MyState Limited has drawn on experience with the appointment of two new non-executive directors, with effect from the close of the company's AGM on 19 October....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Entireti has unveiled the new name for the AMP financial advice businesses that it acquired last year....

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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