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Listed mortgage broker joins forces with TAL

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 13 NOV 2017
An ASX-listed mortgage broking firm has entered into a life insurance referral partnership with a TAL subsidiary. Under the new arrangement, Australian Finance Group's 2850 brokers will be able to refer life insurance to clients via TAL's Lifebroker ...

TRIS tops adviser query list

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 9 NOV 2017
Transition to retirement income streams strategies remain a priority for financial advisers according BT Financial Group. The BTFG Advice Technical division said in its September quarter round-up the business found the top two queries made by financial ...

BTIM delivers record profit despite fee pressure

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
BT Investment Management boosted its cash net profit after tax by 11% to $173.1 million, despite a 51% dip in performance fee earnings. The profit was mostly driven by strong net inflows of $4.7 billion; the boost in funds under management - up 14% ...

Former BBY adviser cops 10-year ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2017
A former BBY financial adviser has been banned for 10 years, while an ex-CBA adviser pleaded guilty to forging client documents, corporate regulator ASIC said. ASIC banned Perth-based Sergio Nicolo Belardo, a former authorised representative of stockbroking ...

Former Lehman Brothers chief unveils new asset manager

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 NOV 2017
The creation of a new US asset manager represents former Lehman Brothers chief executive Dick Fuld's most public Wall Street comeback since Lehman's collapse in 2008. Targeting high net worth individuals, family offices and institutions, Matrix Private ...

Westpac Group results solid despite challenges

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Westpac Group chief executive Brian Hartzer welcomed a solid full-year result for the group, driven in part by the $4 billion added to BT Financial Group's Panorama platform. Westpac reported a statutory net profit of $7.9 billion - up 7% year on year ...

BGL enhances life insurance solution

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 NOV 2017
Self-managed super funds can now obtain quotes and review life insurance policies via SMSF admin software Simple Fund 360. Parent company BGL Corporate Solutions appointed AIA Australia as the underwriter and Australian Group Insurances (AGI) to provide ...

Charter Hall launches fund, backs consumer spending

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
Property fund manager Charter Hall is betting on Australians to maintain their spending patterns with the launch of a direct, multi-sector fund targeted at precincts tied to consumer staples. The Charter Hall Direct Diversified Consumer Staples Fund ...

Capital Group takes aim at the fund size myth

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 NOV 2017
The notion that asset managers can't deliver outperformance past a certain capacity threshold needs to be put to bed, according to Capital Group head of Australia Paul Hennessy. Speaking at a media event in Sydney, Hennessy noted that Australian investors ...

BTFG widens life insurance APL

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 NOV 2017
BT Financial Group advisers will see their life insurance approved product list expand to a minimum of three, up from one currently. At the moment, Westpac Life is the only insurer on the BT Financial Advisers APL, although BTFG noted that over the ...