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AFA explains stance on grandfathered commissions

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... considerations the financial services Royal Commission did not address in public hearings. Speaking to Financial Standard on Thursday, AFA general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson said the association's submission to the Royal ...

FASEA releases professional year standard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... an additional 100 hours of structured training before becoming known as a provisional financial planner or adviser. On Thursday FASEA registered the legislative instrument for its Work and Training (Professional Year) standard, which sets out the requirements ...

Final call for 2019 Chief Economists Forum

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... landscape. The 2019 Financial Standard Chief Economists Forum will be held in Melbourne (Tuesday, February 5) and Sydney (Thursday, February 7). Tickets can be purchased here.

Rice Warner warns against culling value-based advice fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... Australia's complex regulatory regime made it difficult to deliver a compliant, basic financial plan for less than $1500. On Thursday, the researcher said Australia's financial advisers and superannuation funds would need to develop "innovative" ...

FICAP launches 2019 program, names new charity

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... (FICAP) is gearing up for its "Who Wants to be a Rockstar?" fundraiser, with the new charity announced this month. Last Thursday, the FICAP committee and the charity beneficiaries from this year's fundraising gave an update to sponsors and industry ...

Super fund apologises for admin error

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... circumstances, and a few members' current contact details are being located, Pennisi said. ABC News first reported on Thursday that one QSuper member's balance was overpaid by about $290,000 after the administrative errors left several accounts ...

Code of ethics still the main game: FPA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... biggest game changer to the advice industry. Speaking at the Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum on Thursday and prior to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) releasing its education and ethical standards blueprint ...

Vamos joins embattled insurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2018
... director Katrina Glendinning resigned effective today and David Hancock will also resign from the board following the AGM on Thursday. As it prepares for the AGM, Freedom has advised it expects that for the six months to 31 December it will record an ...

AustralianSuper awards $500m mandate

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2018
... portfolio construction Alistair Barker said the fund was looking to lower its allocations to equities, as the S&P/ASX 200 on Thursday wiped out more than 6% of its gains since the start of the year. "At this point in time, we're gradually looking ...

An insight into AFCA workload

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2018
... Complaints Tribunal give a small insight into the workload that will face the Australian Financial Complaints Authority come Thursday. Closing to new complaints tomorrow, the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal (SCT) said it had 2045 open complaints as ...