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CBA and ASIC "sketchy" info delays inquiry conclusion

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... described in the submission "was not applied consistently." It said that not all CBA Financial Planning and CBA-owned Financial Wisdom customers were offered $5,000 to pay for an independent review of their compensation, that not all received written ...

CBA forced to review poor compensation methods

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom will have to reopen compensation processes for more than 4,000 clients after its methods were found to be inconsistent and disadvantaged customers. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission ...

AFA names Rising Star finalists

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
... the Year Award, which recognizes the best new advisers. The six finalists are Kylie George from Harvest Wealth (Financial Wisdom), Ravi Agarwal from MEDIQ Financial Services (Synchron), Mark Wyld from MW Wealth Management (Consultum), James Jagodnik ...

Most planners are aligned, consumers think otherwise

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... branded differently to the major fund manager that owns the planning group. As many as 51% of the clients using Financial Wisdom (owned by the Commonwealth Bank) think that it is independent, ahead of the 21% who consider Commonwealth Bank branded planners ...

WB advisers join CBA's Financial Wisdom

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUL 2013
The 23 authorised representatives of WB Financial Management have joined the Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom dealer group. WB Financial board took the decision to go under CBA's umbrella in an attempt to deal with "an increasingly comply regulatory ...

Whittaker Macnaught advisers to operate under Financial Wisdom

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 JUN 2013
Former Whittaker Macnaught advisers will operate under Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Commonwealth Bank Wealth Management Advice said that this was the last step of its decision to close the Whittaker ...

Financial Wisdom launches discounted recruitment service

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2013
Dealer group Financial Wisdom has launched a service to solve adviser recruitment issues in its aligned practices. As part of the new service, the Commonwealth Bank (CBA) backed Financial Wisdom has created an external recruitment website and offers ...

Former adviser pleads guilty to dishonest dealings

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2012
... documents. The offences occurred between May 2005 and October 2008 while Carll was an authorised representative of Financial Wisdom and Financial Planning Services Australia. Each offence carries a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment. Sentencing ...

CommInsure adds to restructured advice team

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2012
... year as head of financial planning at St George-owned Bank of Melbourne, prior to which he had seven years with Financial Wisdom as state manager Victoria/Tasmania and practice development manager/consultant. Bancroft and Knight join CommInsure next ...

CFS and Aussie launch planning arm

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 31 OCT 2011
... confirmed to Financial Standard that a pilot process is underway for a new financial planning service between CFS' Financial Wisdom dealer group and non-bank lender. "CFS can confirm that it has entered into an initiative with Aussie through its Financial ...