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ISA and AIST want changes to professionalism model

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2015
... and industry representatives." Both superannuation representative groups say the potential of ASIC's Financial Advisers Register can be harnessed "as a vehicle to ensure compliance with higher standards." "The financial planning industry will not be ...

IFAs to benefit from budget

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2015
... The cost of setting up a business will be reduced with legal and accounting advice being written off and the process to register a business simplified." Institute of Public Accountants chief executive Andrew Conway said he was "very pleased" that the ...

Register for the MAX Forum now

STAFF WRITER  |  THURSDAY, 7 MAY 2015
With the speakers and nominees for the 2015 MAX Forum and Awards announced, now is the time to register your place at the event. On Thursday 4 June, leading industry figures including CIFR chief executive Professor David Gallagher, Mercer consumer marketing ...

Industry meets behind closed doors to fix advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
... adopt "a pragmatic and consultative process" similar to the one that led to the implementation of a financial adviser register. Financial Services Council (FSC) director of policy Andrew Bragg said that the organisation feels "very optimistic that this ...

Advisers Register hits 22k

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2015
Within a month of being launched the Financial Advisers Register has added about 3,000 advisers to its list, now providing consumers with an ability to search more than 22,000 in the industry. Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) ...

CBA advisers ran from ASIC

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 APR 2015
... executive Ian Narev said that he supported the idea of individual adviser misconduct being noted on the ASIC planner register, but the issue was complicated by advisers resigning when the regulator began its investigation. Speaking at the Senate Economics ...

Thousands take-up AustralianSuper clearing house

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2015
More than 26,000 Australian companies have taken up the offer of a specialised funds clearing house supported by AustralianSuper. Known as QuickSuper, owned and operated by Westpac, the online program manages super payments for companies of all sizes ...

Cheap talk, cheaper money

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
They talk the talk but aren't walking the talk. This is what I walk out with after poring through the American Association of Individual Investors' (AAII) sentiment and asset allocation surveys conducted in the last week of March. In its 2 April report ...

FSC hails register a step towards profession status

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2015
The Financial Services Council (FSC) welcomed the ASIC national register of advisers. Seen as an important step for rebuilding trust in the financial advice industry, FSC chief executive Sally Loane said the register of advisers is one of many important ...

ASIC launches planner register

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
ASIC has launched its Financial Advisers Register service, which allows consumers to search an industry-wide database of financial planners. Designed to facilitate greater transparency in the planning sector, the first phase of the ASIC service has ...