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AMP overhauls wealth leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
AMP has announced five new appointments to its wealth management leadership team. Dedicated to providing better experiences and outcomes for clients, AMP has built out the executive team charged with overseeing its troubled wealth management business. ...

More than half of advisers without association membership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
Latest research suggests more than half of the financial advisers in Australia are not affiliated with any industry association, despite the impending professional standards reform. Rainmaker analysis shows just 12,400 of Australia's financial advisers ...

Retirement living advice is an opportunity: Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
On the back of the aged care Royal Commission recently announced, financial advisers should delve deeper into the retirement living conversation with clients, according to a technical services expert. Speaking at yesterday's Challenger Financial ...

Life insurers admit to misconduct: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 10 SEP 2018
This morning the Royal Commission heard about instances of misconduct in the life insurance industry and where conduct fell below community standards and expectations. Opening the sixth round of Royal Commission hearings, counsel assisting Rowena Orr ...

Pressure mounts on regional advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
The already limited availability of financial advice in regional and rural Australia is at risk of being further undermined as the fallout from the Royal Commission continues. An analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows 4700 financial ...

ASIC takes civil action against AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 JUN 2018
The corporate regulator has commenced Federal Court proceedings against AMP Financial Planning (AMPFP), alleging the division of the recently scrutinised mutual failed to ensure its authorised financial planners complied with the best interests duty ...

ROYAL COMMISSION: Our top stories

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Missed something? Here's a recap of the most read stories to come out of the second week of the Royal Commission's inquiry into financial advice. High profile adviser under fire The Royal Commission heard how Fair Work commissioner Donna McKenna received ...

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 ...

AMP admits to serious misconduct in RC submissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
AMP has acknowledged hundreds of instances of misconduct in relation to the provision of financial advice between 1 January 2008 and 30 June 2015. In opening the Royal Commission's inquiry into financial advice today, Senior Counsel Assisting Rowena ...

Royal Commission to grill FPA, AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
ASIC, financial advice industry associations and dealer groups will face the latest round of public hearings in the financial services Royal Commission. Led by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne, the inquiry has called upon the Financial Planning Association ...