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Advice practice supply outweighs demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
The valuation gap between high-quality financial advice businesses and conventional practices is growing, with the sector quickly turning into a buyers' market. Latest insights from Radar Results show the valuation gap between high-quality practices ...

Financial advice drags BTFG results

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 6 MAY 2019
... will realign its wealth strategy and BTFG will cease as a standalone division in March. BTFG said the group's advice business was loss making and after exiting the financial advice industry, it expects to save about $280 million per annum over 2019 ...

Macquarie Capital appoints group co-heads

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAY 2019
... services and platforms. Macquarie attributed the 6% dip to lower brokerage income as Macquarie realigned its wealth advice business to focus on the high-net worth segment. The annuities style business was the most profitable part of the business, making ...

Westpac reveals Magnitude, Securitor adviser remediation

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2019
... cash earnings due to remediation costs in March. About half of that figure relates to the bank's financial advice business, Westpac said at the time. Westpac said it would continue to work with current and prior authorised representatives and their ...

Aon exits advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
Aon will jettison its financial advice business, and has confirmed the transfer of its Eligible Rollover Fund to AUSfund. The Australian arm of the global financial services giant announced it will sell its finance advice arm and exit its aligned adviser ...

Super startup to relaunch

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... Wealth - late last year. FairVine has partnered with Hannover Re to provide group life cover to members. Financial advice business Warrington Scott is also involved in the venture, with Human Financial - the promoter of FairVine - being a corporate authorised ...

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 ...

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
... will take on the role of acting general manager of advice from May 1 to drive the transformation of Westpac's advice business in line with the announced resetting of its overall wealth operations. Stewart first joined Westpac in 2011 and serves as head ...

Dealer group acquires bank advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... a strategic partnership with the bank that will see Bridges take ownership of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank's advice business assets as well as provide ongoing financial advice to customers of the bank via a referral arrangement. The transaction is priced ...