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Westpac provides head start to wealth management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JAN 2017
Two-thirds of Australian parents worry about how financially astute their children will be by the time they graduate high school and Westpac is offering a $200 head start. As part of its 200th anniversary celebrations, the bank has developed the 'Bump' ...

Planning firms need succession rethink

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2016
... "The recent announcements from ANZ reinforces that a large number of practices have been on a journey of licensees and/or parent organisations that is out of their control," Harding-Davis said. Speaking to Financial Standard following the announcement ...

CBA, Westpac put spotlight on financial exclusion

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2016
Commonwealth Bank and Westpac have launched their first Financial Inclusion Action Plans in a bid to help those experiencing financial exclusion. The FIAP program, led by Good Shepherd Microfinance in partnership with the Centre for Social Impact, EY ...

Lifeplan bond 'highly recommended'

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2016
Zenith has upgraded its rating of the Lifeplan Investment Bond from 'recommended' to 'highly recommended'. Following a review, Zenith described the bond's investment menu as robust, offering a diverse range of investment managers, asset classes and ...

FICAP gets ready for 2017 RockStar fundraiser

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2016
Preparations are underway for the 2017 'Who Wants to be a RockStar?', an annual event organised by the Financial Industry Community Aid Program (FICAP) in the name of music and youth charity. Proceeds from next year's RockStar will go to Raise, the ...

CBA uses virtual reality to revitalise financial education

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia has launched a new virtual reality education program aimed at increasing the financial literacy of young Australians. With a recent survey from Zurich revealing Australians to be overconfident when it comes to money ...

Advisers must know more than client history

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
To have a successful financial advice practice advisers must move beyond technical advice and truly get to know their clients, according to AFA Foundation chair Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur. Speaking at the 2016 AFA National Adviser Conference, Sarah-Le ...

NAB and Nippon Life complete sale

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... was finalised yesterday. Following the sale NAB said its MLC Life Insurance business would see changes to the board of parent entity, MLC Limited. Joining the MLC board as chairman is Peter Grey, a former Australian ambassador to Japan. Andrew Cornish ...

Canadian instos approved for Aussie ag investment

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... constraints on the two proposed shareholders' abilities to share Glencore Agriculture's commercially sensitive information. Parent company Glencore will retain majority ownership of Glencore Agriculture "and has a commercial incentive to prevent such ...

Deloitte partner moves to Trustee Partners

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... ultimately had to become a sub-fund of Max Super to enter the market. It quickly outgrew and then acquired Max Super and its parent company Como Financial Services. "From my perspective, you can either pretend that technology-driven tectonic-shifts aren't ...