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BTFG faces possible union action

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 SEP 2018
The Finance Sector Union is planning urgent workplace meetings and teleconferences with BT Financial Advice employees impacted by a planned restructure of BT Financial Group's advice offering. Last week BT Financial Group told Financial Standard ...

BT Financial Group proposes advice restructure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 SEP 2018
... staff which is to end 19 September, with the restructure anticipated to be complete by November this year. In October 2017, BTFG consolidated its advice and private wealth divisions. At the time the group said the restructure was part of a wider strategy ...

BTFG will pay back grandfathered commissions to customers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
BT Financial Group will pass on the benefit of banning grandfathered commissions to its clients instead of retaining it, the Financial Services Council Summit heard. BT Financial Group general manager advice Michael Wright told Financial Standard the ...

BTFG flags platform overhaul

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... Panorama and offering a compact version of the platform. It is also releasing an online adviser services hub later this year. BTFG announced a raft of changes to its platform offering today, saying the new pricing structure for BT Panorama is set to ...

Deductible super contributions front of mind: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
After reforms paved the way for more Australians to top up their superannuation, financial adviser queries around deductible personal super contributions have increased. According to BT Financial Advice's (BTFA) technical team, the top query from financial ...

Macquarie axes grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
... stakeholder and client expectations, as well as the group's commitment to industry best practice, Macquarie said. Just last week BTFG announced it would be scrapping the payment of grandfathered commissions to financial advisers across the Westpac, St.George ...

Former UBS Wealth boss joins LIC board

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 22 JUN 2018
... company," Argo chief operating officer and company secretary Tim Binks said in company filings. Argo's board is chaired by former BTFG chief executive Ian Martin. Martin has also chaired UniSuper since May 2017 when then chairman Chris Cuffe stepped ...

BTFG adviser distribution team reshuffles

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUN 2018
... Financial Group head of adviser distribution Jo Moxey is leaving her role to pursue another opportunity within Westpac. A BTFG spokesperson confirmed the move this morning and said the group is proposing further changes inside its adviser distribution ...

BT Financial Advice cuts grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... grandfathered commissions when selling BT products, but also will assist them in removing the payments if they choose to do so. BTFG chief executive Brad Cooper said the decision marks the next step in the business' efforts to raise standards. "Our announcement ...

BTFG boss backs PC super proposals

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUN 2018
... recent superannuation report, saying the Westpac-owned business would welcome moving away from an "open market" MySuper model. BTFG chief executive Brad Cooper said until now it has supported an "open market" model where any APRA-approved MySuper product ...