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Advice group sues online forum over negative review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
Financial planning firm WCS Group has started legal action against forum website Whirlpool over comments posted by a user named 'homemadecook.' WCS Group is a financial planning and mortgage broking business within NAB-owned dealer group Apogee. As ...

Licensee transparency far more urgent than advice register

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 AUG 2014
... for licensees to provide references when an adviser leaves a dealer group is more urgent than the government's advice register, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said. "My belief is that it's more important and more ...

CBA posts record profit, strong wealth management growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has reported an $8.6 billion net profit after tax for the year ended June 30, 2014, up 12% from last year. The group registered strong growth in its wealth management division, with average funds under administration (excluding) ...

Do not take adviser loyalty for granted: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
Platform providers should not take financial adviser's loyalty for granted, as new research shows that planners are exercising choice when it comes to platforms. The number of advisers using a platform due to the dealer group's preferences has fallen ...

CBA, ASIC unveil details of new compensation scheme

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... compensation program that CBA put in place in July 2012. However, customers included in this process are also eligible to register for the Open Advice Review program. Read the original document on Commonwealth Financial Planning new license conditions ...

Advice register talks focus on financial advice scope

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
At its first meeting last week, the government's industry committee on the proposed register of advisers focused what kind of financial advisers should be included. The advice register working group met last Thursday and will meet again before mid-August ...

New PJC inquiry will "close the loop" on consumer protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... do we make sure financial advice remains accessible. "We will see change in education, change in terms of an adviser register and most likely some views from the government on the role of professional association," he predicted. Submissions to the PJC ...

AIA reports 23% growth in new business

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
AIA Group has reported a growth of 23% in the value of new business for the six months to May 31, 2014. The Hong Kong-listed entity saw an increase in the value of new business to US$792 million (AUD$841.30 million), as well as an 11% increase in annualised ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... of consumer access to information on Australia's financial planners." He said that the government's proposed central register of financial planners should also include client's rating of advisers, accessible by all Australians. "We think all Australians ...

Group risk sales jump by 88.3% in a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... it increased its market share from 2.2% in March 2013 to 3.8% in March 2014. OnePath Australia was the only insurer to register a fall of risk premium inflows (-2%) and its market share went from 11.6% in March 2013 to 10% in March 2014.