BT FINANCIAL GROUP

People & Products

Sarah Forman has been appointed group executive advice, while Peter Chun is now the group executive member for growth....

Financial planning

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

Tools & guides

Bryan Ashenden lays out who should be taking advantage of the Government’s downsizer strategy and why, and how advisers can help them do so....

Funds management

Financial planners recommending managed accounts has doubled, despite users lacking proper education....

Superannuation

Legislation that passed the Senate last week could see fees slashed to less than three per cent on five million superannuation funds, with AMP, Hostplus, and ANZ OnePath ...

Superannuation

The Productivity Commission’s controversial ‘best in show’ default super fund list could prove hard to break into, as economies of scale see the 10 funds to feature exten...

People & Products

Copia Investment Partners has appointed Matt Roberts as its new distribution manager in its Sydney office....

Superannuation

BT Financial Group has welcomed the release of the Productivity Commission’s final report into Australia’s superannuation system....

Financial planning

Westpac has admitted that it did not fully appreciate the underlying risks entailed in running a financial planning business....

People & Products

Almost six months after BT Financial Group revamped its pricing structure for BT Panorama, the company has announced that the platform has reached $13 billion in funds un...

Financial planning

Westpac chief executive, Brian Hartzer has confirmed that senior executives within BT Financial Group suffered significant remuneration consequences for issues raised at ...

People & Products

OnePath has won the over Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Beddoes Institute 2018 Consumer Choice Award, with ClearView coming in second place....

Expert Analysis

Bryan Ashenden writes that a range of individuals may be eligible for the downsizer strategy, which recently came into effect, and there are multiple ways that advisers c...

Expert Analysis

Emma Pringle writes that sustainable investments not only have a ‘feel good’ advantage, but also can offer risk-adjusted returns across most asset classes that are compar...

Financial planning

BT Financial Group has acted on Panorama by cutting platform pricing and simplifying access....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 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 ...

5 months ago

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

7 months ago

Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

3 weeks 4 days ago

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

1 week 1 day ago

ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of an advice firm associated with Shield and First Guardian collapses, and permanently banned its responsible manager. ...

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