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CBA receives 4200 requests for advice review

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2014
... customers fall into this category. CBA said the Open Advice Review program had contacted "almost all customers who have registered". It said that it had advertised the review through a number of channels including print, online and radio, adding that ...

ASIC: Beware fake forex website

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... Australia (Regulation No. 290600)'. ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer said neither First Forex, FiFx or FiFX Global are registered Australian companies, nor are their services regulated as a financial services business under Australian law. "The website ...

SEC adviser exams could cost US$310m

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... coming months. The subtlety is that the user-pay fees would apply to firms managing more than US$100 million which are registered directly with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Firms with less than this threshold in funds under management ...

Advisers to study for 200 hours under TASA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2014
Planners registered as tax financial advisers with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) will have to undertake at least 200 hours of study covering Australian taxation and commercial law. Advisers who are members or are seeking membership of a professional ...

Advice group sues online forum over negative review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... According to the user, the quote was offered by WCS Group. The question was posted about two months ago and has so far registered 69 responses and more than 2,200 views. Court documents lodged by WCS Group and obtained by Financial Standard argue that ...

CBA posts record profit, strong wealth management growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 AUG 2014
... has reported an $8.6 billion net profit after tax for the year ended June 30, 2014, up 12% from last year. The group registered strong growth in its wealth management division, with average funds under administration (excluding) increasing 19% and with ...

Do not take adviser loyalty for granted: research

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... their share of primary relationships. netwealth has the highest satisfaction amongst its users, while MLC MasterKey registered the largest rise in satisfaction

AIA reports 23% growth in new business

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... margin grew to 46.2%, while embedded value operating profit increased 11% to US$2,119 million (AUD$2250.90 million). AIA registered a US$2 billion (AUD$2.12 billion) increase in embedded value equity to US$36.9 billion (AUD$39.20 billion), up 6% over ...

Group risk sales jump by 88.3% in a year

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... MetLife leading the pack and reporting a sales increase of 311.9%, off a relatively low base. TAL grew by 127%, NAB/MLC registered an increase of 33.7% in sales, BT/Westpac 10.1% and AIA Australia 6.6%. Total risk premium inflows were $13.2 billion for ...

AXA IM appoints Asia Pacific head

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... product offering in Asia. Last month, the firm added 20 funds in Hong Kong and Singapore, bringing the total number of registered funds to 36 across the two markets. In December 2013, Aidan Yao joined AXA IM as senior emerging Asia economist and Jim ...