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CBA ups remediation bill for advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... its customers of its aligned advice businesses including Count Financial, Financial Wisdom and Commonwealth Financial Planning. "The estimates of provisions for customer remediation payments in relation to ongoing service fees have been revised to reflect ...

Three advisers cop ASIC bans

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
... most recently employed at Neo Wealth Solutions until October end. He has previously worked at Commonwealth Financial Planning and Westpac. The ban runs until November 2024. Lastly, ASIC banned Lawrence Dean O'Neill for four years. He spent 10 years at ...

Adviser moves show industry upheaval

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
... movements across advice dealer groups in just the last three months. From July to October end, Commonwealth Financial Planning lost over 100 advisers, going from 568 to 447. Financial Wisdom, which is in the process of shuttering, lost 93 advisers, down ...

CommSec responds to sale rumours

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... under advice. CBA's advice businesses are split across its business bank (CommSec), business bank (Commonwealth Financial Planning)and NewCo (Financial Wisdom). CBA recently offloaded Count Financial to CountPlus for $2.5 million with a $200 million ...

Down but not out: Top advisers adapt

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... Westpac's exit, a further 147 former Westpac advisers have so far failed to join another licensee. Commonwealth Financial Planning shed 213 advisers, while Count Financial - recently sold to CountPlus - lost 74. Godfrey Pembroke dropped 40 advisers in ...

CBA remediation bill drags performance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2019
... million in NPAT, down 42% year on year. Funds management, which comprises Colonial First State, Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFP) and the New Zealand arm, generated $1.1 billion in income - a decrease of $47 million or 4% on the prior year. The majority ...

ASIC reveals advice remediation progress

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 1 AUG 2019
... equivalent staff resource figure was provided by Commonwealth Securities, with Commonwealth Private, Commonwealth Financial Planning, Financial Wisdom and Count Financial reporting no staff were working on the program. All CBA entities except Commonwealth ...

Managed accounts hit milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2019
... has fallen from $40 million to $35 million in the last year. AMP Financial Planning, IOOF Group, Commonwealth Financial Planning, NAB and SMSF Advisers Network are the five largest advice licensees. IOOF is the fastest growing group among the big six ...

Intiger makes global operations head redundant

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
... refocus our operations," Intiger said. Intiger was prompted to restructure its business after Commonwealth Financial Planning dumped their partnership, stating it was unable to negotiate an ongoing commercial agreement. It remains in discussions with ...

Commonwealth Bank mulls retail advice business sale

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... business bank (where CommSec and hence, CAS sit), retail bank (where the salaried advisers under Commonwealth Financial Planning sit) and in NewCo (with Financial Wisdom). On June 13, CBA said it entered into an agreement to sell Count Financial, which ...