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Record adviser numbers attend Sydney ABDO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
The Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) Investment Manager Roadshow hit Sydney today, with more than 500 financial advisers and industry professionals registering for the annual event. Held at Shangri-La Hotel, Pyrford International strategic ...

Fintech Nod takes on the unadvised

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
A new fintech is hoping to reach out to the 80% of people who don't see financial advisers via a digital financial advice platform. Nod, backed by accelerator H2 Ventures, is aiming to bring financial experts to people on demand. Clients can ask a question ...

Major ASIC project finds serious financial advice concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... subscribers. At the time of the report's release, this represented only 38% of advisers on ASIC's Financial Advisers Register. In regards to remediation and compensation, ASIC said institutions had paid out $30 million in total by 31 December 2016. This ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The countdown is on at fledgling start-up and technology-focused superannuation product-provider Spaceship, as chief executive Paul Bennetts attempts to convert his waitlist of 22,000 into a $1 billion fund. Touring around multiple start-up hubs this ...

MLC Life Insurance upgrades underwriting

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
The underwriting process for retail-advised life policies will be accelerated by the introduction of MLC Life Insurance's new tele-underwriting service. Halving the lengthy underwriting process, the new Fast Track service will benefit both financial ...

BT Panorama adds super and insurance

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 27 FEB 2017
Investors in BT Financial Group's Panorama platform will now be able to integrate their superannuation and life insurance arrangements. Advisers using BT Panorama can now seamlessly move clients from accumulation to pension phase; track contributions ...

ASIC bans Melbourne insurance broker

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... financial services." Doring was made bankrupt in 2016 and PDIB placed into liquidation. His ban will be recorded on ASIC's register of financial advisers

DomaCom gets ASIC tick for bond crowdfunding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 7 FEB 2017
Fractional property investment firm DomaCom was given ASIC approval to extend its crowdfunding model to securities. DomaCom's Australian financial services licence has been varied so the company can now offer fractional investment in corporate bonds ...

ATO calls time on SMSF safe harbour rules

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 30 JAN 2017
The ATO is warning financial advisers that the safe harbour rules for limited recourse borrowing arrangements in self-managed super funds will be changing this week. Under the new rules, LRBAs must be consistent with either the safe harbour guidelines ...

CBA and Queensland Treasury build blockchain bond

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2017
... provides greater transparency of the bookbuilding process and streamlines the settlement process as it acts as both the bond register and payment platform, thereby consolidating the payment and title transfer into a single, instant transaction. CBA executive ...