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Vanguard to close UK financial advice arm

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 3 MAR 2023
... financial advice offering will close at the end of May, just two years since its launch. Vanguard Personal Financial Planning was established in 2021 as a low-cost, retirement saving advice solution. The service was bolted on to Vanguard's Personal ...

Advice firm launches Sharia-compliant platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 2 MAR 2023
... $5000 and it said an account can be opened in as little as five minutes. The portfolio is managed by Lifespan Financial Planning's investment committee, while the solution is underpinned by OpenInvest. Meezan Wealth Management founding director Rokibul ...

FPA and AFA set to merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... Association of Australia as voted by members today. Members of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) overwhelmingly voted in favour of the proposed merger at their respective extraordinary general ...

Super fund advice needs more guardrails: Conference

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2023
... recommendations, she had the consumer front of mind - not the banks, super funds or financial institutions. The Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Sarah Abood, who also sat on the panel, pointed to a straightforward example of ...

TelstraSuper names financial advice lead

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2023
Melinda Huggins is the new executive general manager of TelstraSuper's financial planning arm. Huggins brings over 30 years of experience in leadership, change management and financial services, with previous senior roles at Perpetual, Macquarie Bank ...

Fintech joins forces with advice students

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... advice students in a bid to offer practical experience before they graduate. Students studying the Master of Financial Planning at UTS are being provided with hands-on work experience with Asendium's financial planning software. Twenty-three students ...

Victim access to super should be extended: Associations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 FEB 2023
... say. In a joint submission to Treasury, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia, the Financial Planning Association of Australia, the Institute of Public Accountants and the SMSF Association have said they support the policy proposal ...

Super, advice class actions dampen CBA results

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... advice remediation for former authorised representatives from Financial Wisdom, Count Financial and Commonwealth Financial Planning of $198 million, which included charging clients fees for no service provided. The group made a record $5.2 billion in ...

Fiducian expands adviser base, increases FUA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
... advice went up by 3% to $11.9 billion. In early 2022, Fiducian acquired People's Choice Credit Union's financial planning business (PCCU), whereby 3500 clients transitioned, stating that the process "took longer than anticipated while we completed ...

Put controls in place for super funds: Associations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... members to be able to get good personal advice from their fund," she said. Speaking to Financial Standard, Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) chief executive Sarah Abood highlighted the main concern raised by members since the release ...