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People & Products

Former Australian Securities and Investments Commission deputy chair Peter Kell is joining a panel on licensee reporting set up by Adviser Ratings....

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People & Products

Bank of Queensland has named Westpac executive, George Frazis as its new chief executive....

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Financial planning

Customer satisfaction among the big four banks is improving for the first time since the Royal Commission, according to Roy Morgan research....

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Funds management

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 ...

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Financial planning

Westpac’s advice business was a loss-maker and the big banking group is already estimating the dollar benefits of divestment....

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Financial planning

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....

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Financial planning

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...

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Financial planning

Westpac has appointed Ashley Stewart as acting general manager of advice to lead the transformation of the bank’s advice business....

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Features

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...

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Financial planning

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....

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Financial planning

Wesptac has outlined a strategy which will see it exiting personal advice by salaried and aligned planners by September, this year....

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Financial planning

Small businesses are delaying hiring and investment decisions until after the federal election, new research from Westpac has revealed. ...

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Financial planning

Despite being implicated by the Royal Commission, banking institutions remain amongst the top graduate employers, according to GradAustralia’s Top 100 Graduate Employer s...

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled it will appeal the Federal Court decision regarding Westpac Securities Administration and BT Funds Mana...

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Policy & Regulation

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...

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A former Brisbane financial adviser has been charged with 26 counts of dishonest conduct regarding a failure to disclose he would receive substantial commission payments ...

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Pinnacle Investment Management has announced it will acquire strategic interests in two international fund managers for $142 million....

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