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BT Financial Group has formally appointed the interim head of its financial planning and advice business, Justin Greiner, permanently into the role four months after he t...
Financial planning
Investors over 55 years-old are embracing the Internet revolution in droves and bypassing younger generations in terms of online broking according to research conducted b...
Financial planning
Westpac Banking Corporation, boosted by its acquisition of BT Financial Group, has reported a $1.2 billion operating profit for the half year ending March 31, a 17 per ce...
Superannuation
Retiree couples need an annual income of $43,350 to achieve a ‘comfortable’ retirement lifestyle, while singles need $32,800 according to new research released by the Ass...
Financial planning
Consolidation has become a key to employment prospects within the financial services sector. George Liondis reports on how three went into one at the combined Westpac / B...
Financial planning
BT will implement a range of changes to its wrap service after it passed $10 billion in funds under administration....
Financial planning
BT Financial Group has signalled it will maintain its relationship with funds management partner, Putnam Investments, despite daily monitoring of the US-based manager in ...
Financial planning
Westpac Banking Corporation today - a year to the day since announcing its acquisition of BT Financial Group - says synergies from the highly publicised purchase last yea...
Financial planning
A Westpac Banking Corporation strategic review going under the moniker of Project Sunrise may be inadvertently fuelling a large number of adviser departures from the grou...
Funds management
The wealth management divisions of major banks languished over the 2002/03 financial year, with total earnings excluding appraisal adjustments increasing by a total of on...
Financial planning
If the National Australia Bank is ultimately successful in nabbing AMP, it will unbalance the pillars of power says, Graham Rich....
People & Products
Former Rothschild associate director and head of retail sales Chris Larsen has signed on with MLC in the new role of national manager for alliances....
Financial planning
BT Financial Group has launched Premier Adviser Services (PAS) – a selective support initiative for non-aligned advisers it has a strong relationship with – in a bid to b...
People & Products
BT Financial Group head of corporate strategy Ouma Sananikone has resigned from the organisation after completing a strategic review of how the combined Westpac, BT and S...
Financial planning
One of the big stories of 1987 was the departure of Alan McCormack from Bain & Co. McCormack joined the now defunct Pacific Mutual Australia, but no amount of sleuthing o...
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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,...