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AFA can contribute to draining the swamp: George

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 OCT 2017
... chief executive of ANZ Wealth has called on the Association of Financial Advisers to contribute to mandatory reference checking of advisers that frequently change licensee. Speaking as part of a panel discussion at the AFA's National Adviser Conference ...

FSU calls out NAB for lack of standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 JUN 2017
... means by which to complete or witness Beneficiary Nomination forms provided in the licensee standards. "With a Reference Checking and Information Sharing protocol now in place for planners and proposed to commence from 1 July for all employees, we are ...

Westpac to review history of new applicants

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 JUN 2017
... detection, with the background checks able to go back up to five years. "Each bank has extensive, yet different, reference checking processes as part of hiring staff; so this will create more consistency in practices and mean anyone who does the wrong ...

Major ASIC project finds serious financial advice concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... access to the compliance records of previous licensees. ASIC highlighted the Australian Bankers' Association's reference checking and information sharing protocol as a positive step, but noted that its scope is limited to subscribers. At the time of ...

Open data would protect advice industry: Adviser Ratings

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... registry of misconduct for licensees to refer to as part of their onboarding process, to ensure standardised reference checking across the industry and protect not only consumers but also other advisers. "In instances where an adviser has been banned ...

"Bad apples" slipping through the cracks: ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... there is growing concern that "bad apples" in the industry are slipping through the cracks because of poor reference checking when advisers swap between groups. At the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) national road show in Sydney yesterday, Nick ...

Tweeting won't get you jobs

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2009
... a role," he said. "A word of warning though - social media is increasingly used by potential employers as a reference checking tool. So ensure your communications remain professional because you don't know who could read what you tweeted about last month!" ...

ASIC calls for tighter employment checks

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2007
... handbook to give employers a reference-checking framework for financial advisers. ASIC developed the handbook, Reference Checking in the Financial Services Industry, as part of their 'Bad Apples' project to limit movements of advisers with dubious employment ...
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