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Qantas Super chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
... Lorraine Berends currently serves as an independent director for several financial services firms, including Pinnacle, BT Financial Group, Hearts and Minds Investments, Platinum and Spheria Emerging Companies. The board is expected to approve Atkin's ...

BTFG restructure sees corporate super lead exit

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019
The head of corporate superannuation at BT Financial Group will depart following a strategic review. BT Financial Group has confirmed to Financial Standard it will merge its superannuation distribution teams "to maximise the expertise across all BT ...

Westpac mulls sale of in-house planners

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 FEB 2019
... November last year, Westpac chief executive Brian Hartzer also said the economics of providing financial advice via BT Financial Group was getting difficult. In September last year, BT Financial Advice said it plans to scrap its virtual advice offering ...

BT launches new managed accounts offerings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 JAN 2019
BT Financial Group launched a suite of managed accounts on its flagship platform, and said further additions will soon follow. Six active diversified managed portfolios have landed on BT Panorama's full and compact menus, offering clients different ...

MGP shuffles leadership team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... the business. Long-serving business development manager Paul La Macchia left MGP in December to take up a role at BT Financial Group. He has been appointed as NSW distribution manager for BT Open, which was launched in early 2018 to provide adviser services ...

Saxo chief departs for BT

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... Australia will depart for a role at one of the country's largest wealth management firms. Ben Smoker will join BT Financial Group in January as a director in the firm's private wealth services division. Smoker, who served as Saxo's Australian ...

ASIC and Westpac court battle sees mixed outcome

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 JAN 2019
... accounts without undertaking a proper comparison, as required by law. At the time these allegations were first aired, BT Financial Group said: "It is important Australians have good quality advice, guidance and information in language they can understand. ...

Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... moving into fixed interest. BTFG proposes advice restructure In September it was revealed by Financial Standard that BT Financial Group was reviewing its business model for salaried financial advisers, resulting in significant redundancies. Among a raft ...

Grandfathered commissions: Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... will no longer accept grandfathered commissions from NAB Wealth super and investment product providers. Earlier, BT Financial Group announced it will scrap grandfathered commissions on 140,000 customer accounts, taking a $40 million hit to earnings. ...

Long-serving platform expert jumps ship

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
A senior business development manager from managedaccounts.com.au moves to BT Financial Group. After 10 years of working as a business development manager at managedaccounts.com.au, in charge of NSW and Queensland clients, Paul La Macchia is taking ...