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Planner fees for super advice cost $1.3bn

ISN PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2010
... ensure consumer sovereignty is for consumers to be able to decide on an annual basis whether they want to receive financial advice or not. This conclusion is in line with the MySuper proposals foreshadowed by the Cooper Review. The report recommends ...

AXA names advice state managers

COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
AXA Australia has appointed a financial advice state manager in Western Australia and New South Wales/ACT. Andrew Wright was appointed state manager of AXA Financial Advice in Western Australia. Wright previously worked at Professional Investment Services ...

Shadforth buys SA planning firm

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 16 APR 2010
... excess of $160 million. The business will operate under the Shadforth Financial Group brand providing holistic financial advice services. Commenting on the move, Shadforth Group Head Tony Fenning, said "Walmsley Halligan is one of a number of very selective ...

Super too complex to handle

MICHELLE BALTAZAR IS A MEDIA GUEST AT THE SECURITY ANNUAL CONFERENCE IN ADELAIDE  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2010
... need a doctor to get medical advice, investors would also need a professional financial planner to get the right financial advice. "There will always be a degree of complexity that's in place... these are the things that'll drive the need for clients ...

OneVue and BGL to white label UMA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2010
... for Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) advisers. Both companies plan to white label the product to other financial advice dealer groups. The service, UMA Select, provides AFS advisers with technology that assists with the initial client contact ...

Can fee-for-service insurance advice work?

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... shoulder upfront. In a super fund research, consumers already baulk at paying more than $500 upfront for one-off financial advice let alone the couple of thousand or more for insurance advice. Reddacliff said, however, that this may not necessarily be ...

Former St.George WM chief quits BT

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... St.George Private Clients. Cooper has also elevated and redefined the group's distribution businesses across financial advice and private banking. BTFG is the wealth management arm of the Westpac Group, which now includes the wealth division of St.George ...

ESI Super ramps up member support

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... provides assistance and advice to members that experience a life-changing event. The Life Event program gives financial advice and help in managing, accessing and transferring super and insurance funds. The service evolved several years ago as the fund ...

PIS to step up competition in cash savings

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2010
... with various institutions to start investing the client's cash." Traditionally, someone would come along to seek financial advice on their $500,000 [savings]. What happens next is that the client would often opt to have $300,000 invested in a portfolio ...

UK bans commission payments from products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... banned financial advisers from accepting commissions for recommending a product from 2012. The FSA also ruled that financial advice firms must be upfront about how much they charge for their services and can no longer hide the cost of their advice in ...