COMMONWEALTH BANK

Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Commonwealth Bank’s results announcement and its continued standing in the eyes of consumers suggests its financial planning woes have represe...

Financial planning

Countplus signals targeting of underpeforming member firms and possible restructuring....

Financial planning

Australian customers have little loyalty to their bank, with most splitting their investments and products across four or more financial institutions, a survey shows. ...

Editorial

NAB’s third quarter update points to healthier wealth management result but challenges in its UK operations....

Financial planning

Commbank Wealth Management head, Annabel Spring says the group will remain focused on its existing strategy....

Financial planning

As consumers get savvier and more sceptical of financial advice, advisers have to fight harder than ever to justify their value proposition, but the smarter ones still ha...

Top 100

Wide variations in the number of financial planners reported to be operating in the industry has been a feature of the sector for some years but, as Jason Spits writes, a...

Top 100

In the wake of recent industry-wide change financial planning numbers appear to have moved little, according to data collected for the Money Management Top 100 Dealer Gro...

People & Products

Bank of Queensland (BOQ) managing director and chief executive officer Stuart Grimshaw has resigned...

Editorial

The Commonwealth Bank has delivered a solid full-year result with its financial planning troubles making little impact in terms of comments or provisioning....

Financial planning

A register of financial advisers with their qualifications and experience will not be enough to determine whether they are trustworthy financial planners or not, accordin...

Financial planning

Planner loyalty to platforms is being tested by fees and the freedom for planners to choose their own platform with two banks continuing to dominate the space...

Financial planning

A former Clinton Administration adviser will be part of the independent expert panel reviewing Commonwealth Bank’s Open Advice Review program....

People & Products

The Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has announced a number of changes to its senior executive team....

Policy & Regulation

New research suggests bank-aligned planning groups might suffer if consumers become fully aware of their parentage....

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MARKET INSIGHTS

So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 2 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

4 months 3 weeks ago

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

6 months 3 weeks 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. ...

2 weeks 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. ...

1 week ago

ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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