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Advisers reckoning with direct risk sales growth: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAR 2018
... as Allianz (36.8%) and ClearView (19.2%) grew significantly over the decade. Among the larger players, AIA (19.2%), BT/Westpac (13.8%), TAL (10.8%) and OnePath (10%) experienced the strongest growth.

ASIC hits former Westpac, NAB, YBR adviser with permanent ban

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 MAR 2018
... under the alias Ivan Khan, was found to have appropriated $185,000 from an elderly client while he was working under the Westpac banner. He did not disclose that he was no longer actually employed by Westpac. Khan argued part of this money had been loaned ...

NPP to take super by storm: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... efficiency for all stakeholders in the system including funds and employers," he said. In a separate initiative, CBA, Westpac and NAB have partnered to build their own mobile payments wallet after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) ...

Senior RBA figure joins life insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2018
... will add more than 30 years' financial services experience, having also previously served as group general manager for Westpac and chief technology officer at Commonwealth Bank. MLC Life chief executive David Hackett said: "We have an unwavering commitment ...

CBA affirms BBSW position

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... parties with an opposite exposure to the BBSW. Further, CBA knew or believed that other banks, including ANZ, NAB and Westpac, also engaged in this trading practice, the initial document said. CBA entered into products priced off the BBSW without disclosing ...

ASIC bans former NAB, Westpac adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
ASIC banned a former NAB and Westpac adviser for five years for inappropriately providing superannuation and insurance advice. Brisbane-based financial adviser Christopher Ramsay was a representative of Westpac between 2010 and 2015. He went on to work ...

BTFG names insurers on expanded APL

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... increase on the current APL. AIA Australia and TAL products will be available alongside BT Protection Plans, underwritten by Westpac Life from 19 March 2018. BTFG said the new partnership will include a training and education program for its advisers ...

Fintech incubator and law firm align

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 FEB 2018
... Wilcox is now a corporate partner of the not-for-profit incubator, alongside the likes of NAB, ANZ, Optus, IAG, Suncorp and Westpac. A strong alignment between Stone & Chalk and the legal firm's Smarter Law strategy was cited as the driving force of ...

Vertically aligned institutions pay $21.4m compensation

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 FEB 2018
... December 2017, each firm has paid the following amounts to customers: AMP ($14.7m), ANZ ($11.2m) CBA ($7.7m), NAB ($4.8m) and Westpac ($13m). ASIC said these payments do not include a separate fees-for-no-service review (REP 499) or CBA's large-scale ...

Institutions suffer financial adviser drain

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... advice group. The next-biggest source of adviser drain was ANZ, which saw 197 people move on, followed by NAB (147) and Westpac (128). The non-institutional licensees that attracted the most advisers from the big six were Fortnum Private Wealth followed ...