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AMP replaces Regan

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... to be joining the organisation. "The industry is changing for the better and it is committed to reaching new, higher standards of professionalism. AMP has been proactively transforming its business and developing new systems and technology to improve ...

FASEA exam is not fair: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018
... latest online survey. An overwhelming number of financial advisers (68%) said the long-awaited exam the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority outlined in November is neither fair nor reasonable. FASEA recently unveiled the structure of the ...

APRA grilled over superannuation

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... recommendations. The ANAO document also noted APRA would review the appropriateness of its superannuation-related prudential standards, reporting standards and prudential practice guides three to four years after their implementation in 2013 - a deadline ...

Super pool ripe for adviser picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... With widespread predictions that up to 50% of existing advisers will exit the industry as a result of new education standards, the inability to meet this demand compounds. However, ClearView believes established advice practices will prosper with the ...

Chief economist update: Powell Power

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... Reserve's Framework for Monitoring Financial Stability," Powell declared: "Interest rates are still low by historical standards, and they remain just below the broad range of estimates of the level that would be neutral for the economy - that is ...

FS Power50 names most influential advisers in 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... said. "In our analysis of the 50 advisers who made the list, all of them are pushing for more stringent educational standards, devoting more time to work with local communities and keeping pace with changing expectations to do right by their clients. ...

Overhaul executive remuneration: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... and evaluates their performance on customer advocacy or net promoter score. This week we ask if the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's examination blueprint is fair and reasonable.

BEAR should be expanded, ASIC included: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... undertake a review to ensure they are holding themselves to the highest standard of account, "using as a benchmark the standards we expect of others." Asked who or what body would be charged with ensuring ASIC complies with the regime, Shipton said the ...

Adviser-matching app launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... can ask software providers and provides a technology assessment checklist to compare vendors. FPA head of policy and standards Benjamin Marshan said traditional adviser business models are not working efficiently in an environment of increasing costs ...

Increase adviser standards sector-wide: FSU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
The new professional standards imposed on financial advisers should be rolled out across the entire financial services sector. That is the view of the Finance Sector Union which said a process of professionalisation should extend to other occupations ...