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The Commonwealth Bank group has purchased Avanteos and will roll out the platform provider’s systems across its three dealer groups in a deal struck last week....

People & Products

Suncorp Metway has poached another Commonwealth Bank executive to fill one of its top jobs, this time the position of head of wealth management....

Financial planning

The Commonwealth Bank group (CBA) has bought out Avanteos and is slated to roll out the platform provider’s systems across its three dealer groups in a deal struck last w...

Financial planning

National Wealth Management will export its Australian capabilities in adviser service platforms to the UK, launching a new platform product to spur expansion in the marke...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have joined forces to warn the Australian Prudential Regulation Auth...

Financial planning

The controversy over the Commonwealth Bank’s contact of clients held by rival dealer groups has ballooned, with the group admitting last week that it wrote to 1000 client...

Financial planning

The financial planning industry is bracing itself for another attack on its credibility ahead of the release of a damning report expected to call for Government intervent...

Funds management

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has reacted strongly to claims from the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority that commission based advisers compromised the...

Financial planning

Peter Polson will be retiring from his post of head of the Commonwealth Bank’s investment and insurance sales division at the end of next week....

Financial planning

The Austrailan Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has replaced the trustee of a small superannuation fund based in Victoria after discovering the fund directors were ...

Financial planning

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia’s (ASFA) chief executive Philippa Smith says the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s (APRA) claims recently ...

Financial planning

The highly competitive race to become the pre-eminent provider of straight through processing services to the Australian managed fund market came to a head last week, wit...

Financial planning

The Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) and IWL have joined forces to provide a straight through processing service for the unlisted managed fund and superannuation industrie...

Funds management

The National Australia Bank (NAB) will reinvest $200 million into its Australian wealth management division over the next three years as part of its Positioning for Growt...

Financial planning

The National Australia Bank (NAB) Group has leveraged off its Australian operations and launched a financial planning service through its network of UK based banks....

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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...

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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. ...

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