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Higher adviser education standards boost CFP demand

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
The demand for the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification program has increased by 100%, following the big institutions' initiative to increase the minimum education standards for financial advisers. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) ...

First Super to vote against CBA board members

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
First Super will vote against the re-election of two Commonwealth Bank (CBA) board members who served during the bank's financial advice scandal. The fund will use its vote at the forthcoming CBA annual general meeting on November 12 and will oppose ...

Paul Barrett resurfaces in partnership with Italian manager

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 7 NOV 2014
Former ANZ managing director of advice and distribution Paul Barrett has established a financial planning business partly-owned by Italian independent asset manager Azimut. Barrett is now the chief executive officer of Next Generation Advisory (NGA) ...

CBA appoints litigators as customer advocates

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 NOV 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) has appointed three law firms as independent customer advocates for its Open Advice Review compensation program. Maurice Blackburn, Shine Lawyers and Slater and Gordon have been appointed to support individual customers through ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
The Australian market looks set to open flat following falls on Wall Street after the Federal Reserve confirmed it would end its asset-buying program. At 0808 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was up two points at 5,431. ...

ECB QE go riding on Fed QE stop

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 OCT 2014
It's a wrap! QE is. Looking at Wall Street's performance overnight - the Dow and the S&P 500 up more than 1.0%, the Nasdaq up nearly 2.0% (rounded) and the Russell 2000 up nearly 3.0% (rounded) - the men and women at the Fed must be patting each other's ...

Wilson HTM to split funds management, stockbroking arms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
Wilson HTM has confirmed that it is looking to create a standalone securities business, following the departure of senior investment adviser Michael Tynan last September. The company "is progressing well towards the creation of a standalone securities ...

China's mean regression

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
The suspense is chillingly killing... you could almost taste it by just looking at Wall Street's performance last night. It was decidedly undecided. Two ups and two downs. The Dow and the Nasdaq both finished 0.1% on the up while the S&P 500 and the ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
The Abbott government's announcement of an improved register for the beleaguered practitioners was marred by an embarrassing blunder. Treasury was forced to issue a rare apology after mistakenly making the announcement under the name of suspended frontbencher ...

Government says no to CBA Royal Commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
The government has not accepted a recommendation by the Senate Economics Committee to open a Royal Commission to investigate the financial planning scandals within Commonwealth Bank (CBA). The government has issued a two-page response to the 61 recommendations ...