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Members dismiss intra-fund advice: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2019
... overwhelming majority of superannuation fund members working within the financial services industry have never sought financial advice from their fund. About three quarters (71%) of participants in Financial Standard's latest poll admitted intra-fund ...

Home buyers lack basic financial concepts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 APR 2019
... that Australians looking to purchase property are desperate for financial education. Demonstrating the need for financial advice, the Westpac Home Ownership Report found almost half of home buyers did not understand the meaning of equity (49%) or what ...

One third of Australians trust robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 APR 2019
New research reveals about 30% of Australians would trust a robot to offer them financial advice over a financial adviser. According to research commissioned by think tank Thinque, about one third of Australians would accept robo-advice as their faith ...

Superannuation fund drops fees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2019
... strategy. OneVue replaces Macquarie. In announcing the changes, CareSuper also introduced an additional option to its financial advice model - digital or e-advice gives members access to tailored super advice. The industry fund was established in 1986 ...

First State Super integrates advice, overhauls leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2019
First State Super has fully integrated its financial advice business, StatePlus. In doing so, the fund has gained a deputy chief executive. In a move aimed at making financial advice accessible for all its members, the $70 billion fund has brought its ...

New role for former ClearView executive

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019
... O'Riordan as operations manager as the firm grows to meet the increasing demand for accountants who can also give financial advice to their clients. Most recently the head of financial planning operations at Mortgage Choice, O'Riordan spent more than ...

Citi to pay $3m in advice remediation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 APR 2019
Citigroup will pay more than $3 million to remediate customers who received general financial advice, believing it to be personal advice. The group must refund 114 retail customers for losses they incurred after investing in structured Citigroup products ...

Freedom to divest all operations

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 15 APR 2019
Freedom Insurance Group will offload its administration and financial advice businesses, and eventually cease operations. Freedom told the ASX this morning that it agreed in principle to sell its policy administration business to a third party for $5 ...

Westpac appoints acting advice GM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... positive. There is still a great deal of work to do," he said. Westpac announced last month it was exiting personal financial advice and bringing BT Financial Group back in-house. The move will see the departure of Westpac consumer bank chief executive ...

$1.5bn pulled from Pendal

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2019
... announced in March that BTFG will cease to be a standalone division, along with plans to exit salaried and aligned financial advice by September 2019. Within BTFG, Westpac will integrate insurance into the customer division, while private wealth, platforms ...