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No surprise advice industry fears ASIC: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... 2018, I would say resoundingly yes, it was a tougher time," he explained. "We had large, well capitalised institutional licensees embarking on multimillion-dollar mediation programs that were, frankly, breaking the rest of the market if it was to come ...

AMP cops $14.5m penalty over fees for no service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... it was a systemic issue or not, even though a significant number of complaints were received. "Put simply, the advice licensees took money to which they were not entitled from the superannuation accounts of the affected members, and continued to do so ...

Dixon Advisory pays $7m for poor advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... was given a 30% discount for its cooperation and will instead pay $7.26 million. ASIC deputy chair Sarah Court said: "Licensees need to ensure their representatives are taking into account their clients' specific needs and circumstances." "Advice that ...

Ex-Synchron boss appointed head of Libertas

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2022
... from Synchron in June after just five months, will support the ongoing development of advisers across Sequoia's licensees, with core consideration around legislative changes impacting and increasing the services required to support advisers and their ...

CSLR legislation tabled, advice sector responds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2022
... July 2023. However, the scheme will be fully industry funded through a levy on relevant financial service and credit licensees in the subsequent years of the scheme's operation. The Financial Planning Association of Australia has welcomed the CSLR ...

Super fund disclosure rules finalised

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2022
... forum to ask questions about all areas of the entity's performance and operations." "The regulations ensure that RSE licensees are required to disclose an appropriate amount of information to members, while keeping compliance costs low to preserve ...

ASIC issues warning over brokers' high-risk offers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... such claims should carefully consider whether they are in breach of financial services laws. Finally, ASIC reminded licensees to ensure they effectively monitor and supervise any brokers that are operating as authorised representatives under their licence. ...

MobiSuper, licensee to pay $250k penalty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... to MobiSuper. "This practice was not focussed on what was best for the consumer. ASIC will continue to work to ensure licensees comply with the law and correctly monitor their corporate authorised representatives to prevent poor promotional behaviour," ...

Not ruling anything out: Insignia Financial

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2022
... Elsewhere, its investor presentation showed the group will look to simplify in the coming 12 months, reducing its RSE licensees to one, funds to one, platforms to one to two and products to 20. Mota explained the business is still determining where those ...

Insignia Financial profits jump 59% to $234.5m

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... it will continue its simplification strategy with the aim of translating to scale. A forward target is to reduce RSE licensees to one, funds by one, platforms to one to two and products to 20. As recently announced the sale of its Australian Executor ...