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ROYAL COMMISSION: Our top stories

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... Today Show'. AMP kept unsuspecting clients in the dark: RC The Royal Commission censored the names of two AMP financial planning clients who currently don't know they are the victims of improper advice provided by an authorised representative. AMP knew ...

MGP responds to Henderson's RC hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... his self-managed superannuation fund which he sold in 2017 following a complaint by a former client to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. "When they floated, I was offered shares in the company, which I took up. It did come up in the FPA ...

Royal Commission invite refused by Dover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... financial planner's standard of care should be? Law degrees do not include training in medicine, architecture or financial planning." Costello asked: "If that criticism was good as against FOS in January 2016, it was good against your process, wasn't ...

Elders appoints four advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
Elders Financial Planning has added four financial advisers, including one of its first to be located in Sydney CBD. The appointments include: Bishal Chhetri from Sydney (NSW), Steve Salvemini from Glenelg (SA), Brett Stephenson from the Sunshine Coast ...

Advice firm impersonated clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... financial advisers in Australia. In compiling this list, Financial Standard requested the assistance of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to confirm that no one on the FS Power50 has breached their ...

Royal Commission grills professional associations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... inappropriate financial advice and the lack of urgency in resolving complaints. The Commission recommenced with Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) chief executive Dante De Gori facing questions regarding high-profile member Sam Henderson's ...

High profile adviser under fire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... document and offered to refund the near $5000 McKenna had paid for the SoA. McKenna later made a complaint to the Financial Planning Association of Australia which, almost 12 months later, is yet to be resolved. Asked by Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena ...

Robo-adviser partners with private wealth firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... includes client fact-finds, portfolio advice creation and SOA or investment program generation. Kaura said financial planning firms will be able to extend their reach into potential new market segments that have, until now, been untapped due to the cost ...

Royal Commission singles out 325 NAB staff cutting corners

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... understanding as to what constituted serious compliance concerns back then. Orr then referred to a memo by NAB Financial Planning general manager Tim Steele which suggested NAB had since identified "a number of instances of NAB employees incorrectly ...

AMP kept unsuspecting clients in the dark: RC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
The financial services Royal Commission censored the names of two AMP financial planning clients who currently don't know they are the victims of improper advice provided by an authorised representative. AMP knew as early as March 2017 the husband and ...