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China easing a tailwind for A-share market

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... basis points in a move to inject more liquidity into the Chinese economy. "Traditionally in China liquidity found a home in wealth management products, or in real estate. But now it looks like the A-share market is becoming the first depository of this ...

ClearView surpasses 200 adviser milestone after merger

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... underlying net profit after tax impact in the first half of the financial year. The investment included building a new wealth platform, launching WealthFoundations and other costs associated with migrating the master trust products onto a new platform. ...

UBS joins mFund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 FEB 2015
... broad and growing range of managed funds," UBS head of execution and clearing services Michael Hawke said. ASX manager, wealth management services Chan Arambewela added: "UBS has an extensive distribution network covering their own broking clients and ...

Big four banks missing out on customer wealth management

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Australia's biggest banks are struggling to access their customers' wealth management business, according to the latest Roy Morgan Consumer Single Source Survey. The survey showed that all four banks have had difficulty cross-selling wealth management ...

ClearView calls for life insurance industry crackdown

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
ClearView Wealth Limited has petitioned Life Insurance and Advice Working Group (LIAWG) chairman John Trowbridge to fix numerous conflicts of interest within the industry. The key recommendations in ClearView's statement were indicating that narrow ...

Westpac, Count on ASIC radar over complex product advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
... December 2013 ASIC identified concerns over complex product advice at Count Financial, FSS Advisory, AMP-owned Genesys Wealth, HSBC Bank Australia, Madison Financial Group, MASU Financial Management, Meritum Financial Group, Sentry Financial Services ...

Advisers add 3% returns for clients: Vanguard

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 FEB 2015
Australian financial advisers can add about 3% in net returns for their clients by focusing on key wealth management topics such as asset allocation, behavioural coaching and cost-effective implementation. Vanguard's research uses data to examine six ...

Nationals pressure Treasury for RC into white collar crime

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
... revelations by Fairfax that ASIC allowed National Australia Bank (NAB) to alter a media release about a "system error" in NAB Wealth's Navigator platform that affected thousands of customers. Over the coming days, the terms of reference will be discussed ...

NAB denies failing advice clients

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 FEB 2015
NAB Wealth has responded to media allegations of professional misconduct. After Fairfax Media published reports suggesting "forgery" and "rogue advisers" were rife within NAB's financial advice arm, NAB Wealth group executive Andrew Hagger said in a ...

Law firm targets disgruntled advice clients using Twitter

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... crisis and that the firm has been involved in major cases such as the ones affecting Commonwealth Bank and Macquarie Private Wealth clients. But he noted that inquiries are coming from all sides of the spectrum, with clients from small practices also ...