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Non-aligned licensee inquiries to rise in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
... have faced in the last year." But not all wealth groups are experiencing a fall in adviser numbers. Westpac and Commonwealth Bank-owned dealer groups bucked the trend and have grown their adviser numbers over the period. Next year, however, could see ...

ASIC to watch CBA advisers closely

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... at Commonwealth Financial Planning and Financial Wisdom. KordaMentha Forensic will review past activities by Commonwealth Bank (CBA) advisers and will report to ASIC three times. The forensic expert will identify high-risk advisers within CBA's planning ...

Questions raised about ANZ and Timbercorp

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... affairs Gerard Brown attended the hearing. "A number of the questions this morning have gone to the relationship between the bank and Timbercorp," Brown said. Timbercorp victims told the Committte that ANZ provided Timbercorp Finance with money that ...

NAB appoints private wealth manager

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... listed mining firm Sirius Minerals where he was chief financial officer. Prior to that he was head of capital markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (Australia), where he sat on the executive committee. A qualified chartered accountant, Murray was ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... price of oil took another sharp tumble on Thursday. Santos reversed 25 cents to $11.92. Among the major banks, Commonwealth Bank fell 14 cents to $81.13, ANZ dropped 15 cents to $31.90, National Australia Bank gave away 11 cents at $32.29, and Westpac ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
The Australian market looks set to open slightly higher on the back of modest gains in European and US stocks overnight. The December share price index futures contract was up three points at 5,452. Wall Street and European stocks are slightly higher ...

The Future Fund is not a super fund: Costello

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... owned by the government. There is no point in the government taxing itself. The government does not tax the dividends of its bank, the Reserve Bank of Australia; it does not tax the dividends of its wealth fund, the Future Fund." Another major difference ...

No Westpac leadership changes after Gail Kelly departure

LAURA MILLAN, ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Westpac chief executive of Australian financial services Brian Hartzer has ruled out any sweeping changes to the bank's leadership team when he takes over as top chief executiveA from Gail Kelly on 1 February 2015. At a press conference in Sydney today ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
... standout CEO and that's why Westpac is off quite strongly," Mr Lucas said. Westpac had lost 45 cents to $32.88, Commonwealth Bank was down 65 cents at $81.20, ANZ had dropped 18 cents to $32.03 and National Australia Bank was 29 cents lower at $32.36. ...

CBA chairman defends compensation program at AGM

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 NOV 2014
Commonwealth Bank (CBA) chairman David Turner defended the bank's performance and its reaction to the financial planning scandals in front of shareholders at the annual general meeting in Melbourne yesterday. "We know that saying sorry is not enough ...