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Senior lawyer drags AMP to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
A former AMP lawyer is claiming over $2 million from the company for unfair dismissal after she raised concerns about fee-for-no-services practices with its former top executives. Larissa Baker Cook was involved in AMP's legal preparation for the ...

No one reads the PDS: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
ASIC is calling time on the financial services industry's reliance on disclosure as the default consumer protection, saying it enables poor conduct and poor consumer outcomes. The regulator said disclosures have been assumed to inform consumers to make ...

YBR to remediate wealth clients

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 AUG 2019
... ASX-listed firm identified some advice clients with ongoing fee arrangements may not have received a fee disclosure statement or a renewal notice within the time limits prescribed by the Corporations Act. YBR said it made a provision for $928,000 and ...

ASIC to crack down on platform fees

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2019
... which fees to include in the fee disclosure statements. ASIC's concerns with platforms' compliance with fee disclosure statement requirements are lengthy, extending to questions around whether fee disclosures were given to clients by financial advisers ...

Adviser stole $200k from SMSFs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 AUG 2019
... contrary to clients' risk appetites and failed to provide statements of advice, product disclosure statements or fee disclosure statements. ASIC found Michael engaged in unlicensed financial advice beyond the cessation of his authorisation. He was last ...

PDS should reflect PYSP changes: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... its response to proposals outlined in CP 308. Some of McShane's recommendations include consolidating and simplifying fee schedules such as investment and indirect costs into one line. ASIC expects to release a report on its final position in the ...

Future Super to offer investment app

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... fees, however investors will pay 0.99% of their net asset value each year in management costs, through a 0.86% p.a. management fee and indirect costs of 0.13% p.a. In a statement to Financial Standard, Future Super said it was excited about Array, and ...

Hard times ahead for platforms

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAY 2019
... funds under administration have been plagued by leakage to independent platforms, retail super outflows and administration fee cuts. "As the foundations of vertical integration give way, major platforms are shedding FUA at an increasing rate as advisers ...

Advice practice supply outweighs demand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 13 MAY 2019
... reviews are conducted, the review program may be sporadic, compliance is probably not 100% and there may be missing fee disclosure statements and opt-on documents," the firm said. These practices are currently selling for between 1.5 and 2 times recurring ...

Super startup to relaunch

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2019
... cheaper fees than industry superannuation funds. According to FairVine's PDS, members will be charged an administration fee of 1.09% per annum, and an indirect cost ratio of 0.11% per annum. The buy-sell spread for the fund will be 0.30%, but members ...