Former Australian Securities and Investments Commission deputy chair Peter Kell is joining a panel on licensee reporting set up by Adviser Ratings....
Bank of Queensland has named Westpac executive, George Frazis as its new chief executive....
Customer satisfaction among the big four banks is improving for the first time since the Royal Commission, according to Roy Morgan research....
The banks were some of the biggest winners in the post-Federal Election share market rise last week, and data from FE Analytics shows which funds were best positioned to ...
Westpac’s advice business was a loss-maker and the big banking group is already estimating the dollar benefits of divestment....
Westpac has taken a 24 per cent hit to its first-half profit as it continues to accommodate hefty remediation costs and the exit of its financial planning businesses....
Westpac has announced its first half cash earnings will be reduced by $357 million to account for provisions for remediation associated with authorised representatives in...
Westpac has appointed Ashley Stewart as acting general manager of advice to lead the transformation of the bank’s advice business....
Two of the major banks may have exited their wealth businesses and two more may be on their way out, but Mike Taylor writes that they have astutely kept the sweetest mors...
Viridian is promising migrating BT Magnitude and Securitor planners it wants to keep the BTGL community together but under a new license with no legacy issues....
Wesptac has outlined a strategy which will see it exiting personal advice by salaried and aligned planners by September, this year....
Small businesses are delaying hiring and investment decisions until after the federal election, new research from Westpac has revealed. ...
Despite being implicated by the Royal Commission, banking institutions remain amongst the top graduate employers, according to GradAustralia’s Top 100 Graduate Employer s...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled it will appeal the Federal Court decision regarding Westpac Securities Administration and BT Funds Mana...
The banks would be compelled out of the wealth management industry and AMP would have to break up its operations under policy proposals flagged by the Australian Greens i...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...