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TCorp reorganises investment team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2024
... his role expanded to head of treasury and exposure management. The fourth role to be created is that of head of client advice and portfolios, for which TCorp has already started recruiting. Alexis Cheang's role of head of investment stewardship remains ...

SMSFs' use of advisers plummets: Research

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... 160,000 in 2023 and 205,000 in 2019.This decline comes at a time when the number of SMSFs without advisers and with unmet advice needs is peaking. Only 25% of trustees without advisers are likely or very likely to seek financial advice in the future. ...

ASIC issues experienced pathway guidance

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY 2024
... standards. The new law passed last year states that an experienced provider is a person who was a relevant provider of personal advice for at least 10 years between 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2021, and had a clean disciplinary record as at 31 December ...

BitConnect promoter pleads guilty

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 MAY 2024
... until the expiry of the lending period, ASIC's investigation found. On top of this, Bigatton provided financial product advice without holding an AFS Licence or authorisation to provide financial services about the Lending Platform and BCC. He will ...

NEOS names retail, strategic sales leads

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... Queensland, and Western Australia in June of last year. He brings extensive experience in life insurance and financial advice to the role. Prior to NEOS, Leonard was national manager of operations at Affinia Financial Advisers for two years. Before that ...

Social media influencers charged for promoting shady investments

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... Instagram account, @holly_fxtrends, to their collective 4.5 million followers. This now-deleted account was doling out advice on trading complex financial instruments without proper authorisation. The UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) alleges ...

Sequoia seeks Takeovers Panel intervention

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... lesser industry publication number and SEQ's adviser number was the 39 advisers who are not licensed to provide personal advice but may provide general and wholesale advice," Crole and Pattison wrote in response. Sequoia had 376 advisers in total ...

Magellan advances MGF conversion to open class

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2024
... memorandum. The RE has also filed an application with the Supreme Court of New South Wales for a hearing to obtain judicial advice under section 63 of the Trustee Act 1925 (NSW) in respect of the proposal. This involves seeking judicial advice to, among ...

Aware Super appoints general manager, strategy and transformation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2024
... the most seamless experience of interacting with their super on their terms - including access to appropriate financial advice, financial education and the simple help they need to do what they want to do with their super." With Aware Super having now ...

Calls for a simplified path to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2024
Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) chief executive Sarah Abood said she supports recent proposals around adviser education from the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) because "we need far more people with these qualifications" and the ...