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Customer data protections progress

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 AUG 2018
... Australian Financial System reported that the average Australian household could be saving up to $1000 per year on their home loan if they switched to another lender - but many choose not to or don't know how. With over 4000 different residential property ...

CBA readies wealth demerger, records $9.2bn cash profit

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 AUG 2018
Investors looking to buy Commonwealth Bank's demerged wealth management arm now have a clearer picture about what it looks like - a business which has generated after-tax profit of more than $500 million for the past two years. NewCo, or Commonwealth ...

Productivity Commission proposes more changes to financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 AUG 2018
The financial advice industry is bracing itself for more proposed changes to approved product lists (APLs), remuneration and terminology following the Productivity Commission's inquiry into the state of competition in Australia's financial system. ...

Advice firm partners for lending expertise

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
A boutique financial advice business is expanding its service offering by way of a strategic alliance with a Sydney-based brokerage firm. Cardena Private Wealth and Thyme Financial Group are joining forces to provide Cardena clients with access to specialist ...

Investors sharpen watch on RMBS

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 9 JUL 2018
Issuance of residential mortgage-backed securities hit record levels in Australia last year, led by non-bank lenders. And even though the residential mortgage-backed security pool is ripe for picking by fixed income and debt managers, challenges surround ...

HSBC quietly exits financial advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2018
HSBC Australia is shuttering its retail financial advice division. The closure follows a strategic review and HSBC Australia did not disclose how many staff members are affected. A HSBC spokesperson said: "We have ceased offering retail financial planning ...

CBA restructures executive leadership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
Commonwealth Bank made a raft of changes to its executive lineup following the announcement of plans to demerge its wealth management business. Current chief risk officer David Cohen has been promoted to deputy chief executive, charged with leading ...

CBA to demerge CFS, mulls further CommInsure sell-off

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
Commonwealth Bank is demerging its wealth management business and undertaking a strategic review of its general insurance arm. Standing as a separately listed wealth management business, CFS Group will comprise Colonial First State, Colonial First State ...

Look inside to drive fintech forward: AltFi Summit

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 MAR 2018
... funding from Westpac to build its online mortgage broking business. The firm launched in May 2016 and settled its first home loan a month later. By September 2016 it had secured $16.5 million in funding from Westpac and four months later it received ...

ASIC closes doors on Storm charges with two fines

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2018
Nearly a decade after ASIC began its investigation into Storm Financial, two directors have been fined $70,000 each for breach of duties. Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis were previously disqualified from managing corporations for seven years. When they ...