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Westpac exits personal advice, restructures leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAR 2019
Westpac is realigning its wealth strategy and BT Financial Group will cease as a standalone division. The group has also agreed to sell a number of advisers to Viridian Advisory. BT Financial Group will cease to be a standalone division of Westpac Group. ...

AAT upholds AFSL rejection

OSKAH DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
ASIC's decision to reject Michael David Watson's Australian Financial Services (AFS) Licence (AFSL) was recently upheld by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT). Watson had applied for an AFSL license to provide advice for self-managed superannuation ...

ASIC and Westpac court battle sees mixed outcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 JAN 2019
A landmark Federal Court judgment has provided greater clarity between general and personal financial advice, ruling in favour of Westpac's position. Yet the bank still managed to breach the Corporations Act. Judge Jacqueline Gleeson said ASIC failed ...

FASEA-induced exodus increasingly likely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
About 20% of FINSIA's adviser members will leave the advice industry if they are forced to undertake additional postgraduate study. According to a survey conducted by the industry body in support of its submission to the Financial Adviser Standards ...

Robo-advice users in for the long haul

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018
Young people are increasingly turning to robo-advice services for long-term goals like growing wealth outside of superannuation and saving for retirement, according to Six Park. Insights from the automated investment platform show 36.5% of its users ...

Advised clients and their most frequently asked questions

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Looking back on the 2017-18 financial year, Financial Standard wants to know the most common financial advice clients requested. This week the Financial Standard spot poll asks where did advisers spend the most time actually delivering advice in FY18? ...

Statements of Advice: Out with the old

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
Compliance requirements for financial advisers are on the rise and practices clinging to ancient technology will need to use their imagination and embrace change in order to keep up. Discussing the value of technology at a recent Advice Intelligence ...

CBA advice executive departs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAY 2018
A senior advice executive at Commonwealth Bank has taken a new role at Bank of Queensland. CBA's executive general manager, wealth management advice Lyn McGrath has been appointed to lead BOQ's retail banking division. Announced as part of a ...

Robo-advice on the rise but no replacement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
Robo-advice presents opportunities for increasing consumer accessibility to financial advice, but Investment Trends data and adviser insight suggests it will never be a panacea. Latest Investment Trends research shows adoption of robo-advice in Australia ...

Financial advice under the Royal Commission spotlight next month

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAR 2018
The Royal Commission will set its sights on the financial advice industry in April, with the first hearing taking place on the 16th. The first round of public hearings commenced today and focused on consumer lending practices regarding credit products ...