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AZ NGA acquires sixth practice

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2015
... Barrett's AZ Next Generation Advisory has acquired an advice firm operating under the Commonwealth Bank-owned Financial Wisdom licence. Harvest Wealth is AZ NGA's sixth acquisition, following Pride Advice, CBA-aligned practices Eureka Whittaker Macnaught ...

Women program to reach all CBA advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2015
... education program to all of its 600 employed planners. The program, which has been trialled with 110 advisers from Financial Wisdom and Count Financial, educates advisers about women's unique financial needs. Planners are taught about demographic, lifestyle ...

CBA's advice review compensates 19 clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... progress has been made in retrieving customer files of CFPL customers, the retrieval of files for customers of [Financial Wisdom Limited] FWL advisers remains a challenge for the Bank." Promontory said that as of 19 August CBA "was still retrieving hard-copy ...

AZ NGA acquires $180m CBA advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... Lifestyle Financial Planning Services (LFPS), which was licensed through Commonwealth Bank (CBA) dealer group Financial Wisdom. LFPS was established in 2004, services over 2,000 clients and has $180 million in assets under management. It provides advice ...

FEATURE: Adviser education

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... released what would be its minimum adviser standards. Financial advisers operating under CBA's Count Financial and Financial Wisdom wealth management licenses are now required to hold: a degree in finance, business, commerce or a related field; or a ...

Barrett in buyout mode, acquires CBA firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... secured a partnership with such a high caliber firm," Barrett said. EWM advisers have operated under CBA-owned Financial Wisdom Australian financial services licence (AFSL) since June 2013. Commenting on the ownership change, Cook said: "This transaction ...

Report confirms failed CBA compensation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2015
... Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) enforceable undertaking to Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFPL) and Financial Wisdom (FWL) in 2011. Despite being under ASIC's surveillance, in 3,452 of the 4,330 cases assessed in the Compensation Program ...

CBA rolls out IRESS systems to all advice groups

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAR 2015
... implemented in all of the group's licensees, including Commonwealth Financial Planning, Bankwest Financial Advice and Financial Wisdom. "This investment in technology will help us secure and enhance the financial wellbeing of our customers by ensuring ...

Ex-ANZ adviser sent to jail over $6m fraud

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2015
... January 1989 and December 2012. Between September 1992 and June 1996 she was a securities representative with Financial Wisdom (now owned by Commonwealth Bank) and in February 2004 she became an authorised representative of ANZ-owned Millenium3. In December ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... arm. The year started with hundreds of submissions from disgruntled Commonwealth Financial Planning (CFPL) and Financial Wisdom (FW) customers being made public by the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into the performance of the Australian Securities ...