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Financial planning

After withdrawing over $113,000 from ATMs under eight false credit cards Westpac home finance manager Ravinesh Singh was banned from ever providing financial services by ...

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People & Products

Financial planning firm, Anne Street Partners (ASP), has appointed former St George Financial Planning executive, Jason Dunn, to the role of head of strategy and advice w...

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Financial planning

BT Financial Group affected by changes to Westpac CEO reporting lines....

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Life/Risk

A recent court case sheds light on the details advisers need to consider when replacing an insurance policy, Col Fullagar writes. ...

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Financial planning

Westpac will sell five of its Pacific Island banking operations as it focuses on Fiji and Papua New Guinea....

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Funds management

BT Financial Group has realigned its internal investment management teams within a single business unit and has moved Advance Asset Management head Patrick Farrell into t...

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Financial planning

Westpac chief executive Gail Kelly is stepping down after eight years at the helm, to be replaced by the bank’s head of wealth....

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Financial planning

Westpac reports $7.561 billion full-year profit with solid contribution from BTFG....

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Financial planning

CBA is on the verge of losing the top spot for customer satisfaction, months after calls for a Royal Commission into its two of its planning businesses, a snapshot shows....

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Policy & Regulation

Legislation enshrining the Government’s FOFA reforms should be delayed until after the FSI’s final report is issued, Labor believes....

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Financial planning

Westpac and NAB have paid penalties for misleading consumers, ASIC has revealed....

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Financial planning

More Australian millennials trust financial service providers than those around the world, but few have seen retirement products targeted at them, an international study ...

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Financial planning

Westpac has recruited internally to promote a 15-year veteran to the GM Global Transaction Service role....

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Financial planning

Westpac has rejected separately labelling institutionally-aligned financial planners, stating FOFA is an appropriate standard for all advisers....

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Financial planning

Banking consumers still rate CBA as the leader among the country’s ‘Big Four’ for customer satisfaction, despite negative publicity surrounding the bank’s financial plann...

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