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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...

People & Products

Former Westpac head of financial planning and advice Brett Himbury has made the move to the Commonwealth Bank (CBA), being appointed yesterday to the role of executive ge...

Funds management

BT Financial Group has replaced Principal Global Investors (PGI) as investment manager for its more than $500 million of listed property trust assets by bringing the mana...

Financial planning

Morningstar’s new quantitative measuring rating system released last Friday has fuelled major changes to fund manager ratings in New Zealand....

Financial planning

In 1999, Westpac Financial Planning & Advice (Westpac) which ranked fifth in the Money Management Fastest Growing Dealer Groups Survey, had 570 advisers....

Financial planning

Westpac and BT have appointed Scott Walters in the newly redefined role of head of financial planning, replacing Brett Himbury who left Westpac last month....

Financial planning

Count Financial Limited managing director Barry Lambert has hit back at claims that Count’s recent share price rally occurred due to a bidding war between Westpac and CPH...

Financial planning

State Street Global Advisors (SSgA) Australia has appointed former Westpac Investment Management chief investment officer Don Hamson into the newly created role of head o...

Financial planning

BT Portfolio Services has rolled out a low cost wrap vehicle aimed at lower net worth retail investors with a limted range of investments and reduced fees increasing the ...

Financial planning

The former listed property team at Principal Global Investors (PGI) has unveiled its new boutique property securities funds management company – Pengana Capital – and con...

Financial planning

Former Westpac head of financial planning and advice Brett Himbury has struck a short-term deal with Tower Australia to provide advice on the restructure of its dealer gr...

Financial planning

Margin lending is not the only way to get into gearing. Philip McLean looks at instalments as an alternative....

Financial planning

Major banks will have to seriously rethink their strategies following disappointing earnings from their wealth management arms. Lisa Bowman reports....

Funds management

BT Financial Group has replaced Principal Global Investors (PGI) as investment manager for its more than $500 million of listed property trust assets by bringing the mana...

People & Products

Principal Global Investors has announced the appointment of former Schroder Investment Management head of sales and marketing, Alex Francois, as director of institutional...

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

2 months 3 weeks ago

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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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

5 months ago

ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

2 weeks ago

The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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