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Synchron renews calls on risk advice separation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 1 FEB 2019
... risk advisers will exit the industry in droves. "Australians need access to both life insurance advisers and financial planning advisers, but in our experience, these are usually two separate people and two separate disciplines," Trapnell said. He said ...

MLC drops wrap and super admin fees

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2019
... Lloyd said he is confident the new price changes will be well received by financial advisers. Additionally, NAB Financial Planning and NAB Direct Advice no longer accept grandfathered commissions from NAB Wealth superannuation and investment product ...

ASIC bans former NAB, CBA advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2019
... permanently banned by ASIC for dishonest conduct while licensed by GWM Adviser Services and later Interprac Financial Planning. An investigation found Nguyen, a Certified Financial Planner, had backdated advice documents to clients and incorrectly witnessed ...

NAB to end financial planning compliance issue

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JAN 2019
... reached out to all clients impacted by a compliance issue that originally surfaced in 2017. The issue saw NAB Financial Planning conduct a review of client beneficiary nomination forms after the bank found an adviser and their support staff did not correctly ...

Early financial advice prevents worries at the end

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 14 JAN 2019
... happen to my family?" However, according to co-author Michael Ent, many of these concerns could be alleviated by financial planning, which can provide certainty about at least one aspect of a loved one's health for those facing death. "There are many ...

Advice dealer group, fintech align

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 7 JAN 2019
... national financial advice licensee partnered with an innovative investment platform. Advisers licensed by Elders Financial Planning can now access Cashwerkz, a term deposit administration service and cash management platform. Advice clients can access ...

Super fund and advice group create alliance

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
An $8 billion industry superannuation fund recently established a partnership with a national financial planning group to expand its advice service to members. Statewide Super and Elders Financial Planning have formed the alliance to expand the super ...

Shareholders put NAB board in the hot seat

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... 304,000 customers has been closed. "We have also agreed on a remediation methodology with ASIC that will see NAB Financial Planning refund adviser service fees to those customers who didn't get the services they paid for. That is starting this week ...

Grandfathered commissions: Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... considered," CBA Wealth Management chief operating officer Michael Venter said. NAB has also announced that NAB Financial Planning and NAB Direct Advice advisers will no longer accept grandfathered commissions from NAB Wealth super and investment product ...

ASIC permanently bans former Apogee adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
A former Apogee Financial Planning representative has been permanently banned from providing financial advice after ASIC found he illegally took $1.4 million from superannuation accounts. ASIC's investigation of Ahmed Saad found he engaged in dishonest ...