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Adviser numbers at five-year low

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... of advisers or 2579 are authorised to provide advice on life risk products. Aware Financial Services with 204 and Commonwealth Financial Planning with 203 risk advisers have the largest market share in the risk advice segment. Lifespan Financial, GWM ...

New board director at AFIC

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
... 13bps per year fees. At March end, it had a $110 million shareholding in Seek. AFIC's five biggest holdings include Commonwealth Bank of Australia ($680.2 million), BHP ($607.6 million), CSL ($578.3 million), Wesfarmers ($288.3 million), Westpac ($379.5 ...

Koda Capital adds director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
... appointed as a non-executive director. Schibrowski was previously the chief transformation officer for NewCo at the Commonwealth Bank. Prior to that, she had a 13-year career at UBS where she was head of capital markets, investment products and services ...

Business registration to be updated

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... minister for women's economic security Jane Hume announced the appointment of commissioner of taxation as the commonwealth registrar of the Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS) which marks the next phase of the MBR. The MBR will allow businesses ...

Commonwealth seeks to stop bond class action

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 9 APR 2021
Orders have been made in a case brought against the Commonwealth by a 23-year-old student over climate change risk as it relates to government bonds, as the government attempts to stop the class action. Katta O'Donnell is seeking to hold the Australian ...

Junk insurance lands Westpac in court

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
... remediation pool came from NZ, Australian Central Credit Union, Bank of Queensland, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, Citigroup, Commonwealth Bank, Credit Union Australia, Latitude Finance Australia, NAB and Suncorp. ASIC's Report 622, Consumer credit insurance ...

CBA to pay $7m for overcharged interest

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 APR 2021
The Federal Court has imposed a $7 million penalty on Commonwealth Bank for charging higher interest rates on business overdraft accounts than what it advised its customers over a four-year period. Following an investigation by ASIC, CBA admitted to ...

HESTA hires investment manager

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... a decade in various investment analyst roles with The Gandel Group. She got her start in the industry through the Commonwealth Bank graduate program, according to her LinkedIn profile. HESTA confirmed to Financial Standard sister publication Industry ...

Elston grows distribution team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 APR 2021
... Victoria and South Australia. Weber was previously a business development associate at HUB24 and spent five years at Commonwealth Bank in trading. In his new role, Weber will be working with Elston's New South Wales distribution team. "We're really excited ...

MLC enhances managed accounts leadership

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2021
... joins from Mercer where he was an asset consultant. Bevan was previously executive manager, head of research for Commonwealth Bank's wealth business and was senior manager, advice & investment research. Prior to that he was a senior financial adviser ...