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BetaShares opens Perth office, hires

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2022
... for Vanguard, AMP and Zurich in distribution and sales roles. Earlier in his career, Prowse was a certified financial planner. BetaShares chief executive Alex Vynokur welcomed Prowse to the company. "We are delighted to welcome someone of Brendan's calibre ...

Colonial First State settles super class action for $56.3m

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... cheaper MySuper products, and left them in accounts with unnecessarily high fees, bearing the cost of commissions to financial planners, and receiving lower investment returns. MySuper law reforms required CFS to move members to these cheaper options ...

WealthO2 rolls out rebrand

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 APR 2022
... the industry. Legacy providers have been replaced by product style platforms who have lost their focus on the financial planner," Whelan said. "At DASH, we see ourselves as a technology partner, rather than a product which platforms have now morphed ...

Mixed reviews for advice industry reviewer

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2022
... Lawyer Michelle Levy's appointment in overseeing the Quality of Advice Review has received a mixed reception from the financial advice industry. The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals executive director Peter Johnston called ...

Winner of Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award 2022 announced

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
... providing client advice and removing financial stress from peoples' lives, which was a key motivation to become a financial planner," she said. "Having lived in multiple countries, a certification that is recognised worldwide is really important to me. ...

FPA pushes for advice law simplification

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAR 2022
Heavy-handed regulations puts financial advisers at significant risk of breaching the law, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia, which is urging the government to strip out layers of complexity in the latest round of reforms. ...

Aussie CFPs move toward 5000

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2022
Australian Certified Financial Planners added 164 professionals to the fold last year, taking the total to nearly 5000. The Financial Planning Association of Australia, which is the certification body for the CFP designation in the country, recorded ...

WealthO2, ROAR and NEO merge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2022
Managed accounts platform WealthO2 has merged with financial planning software firm ROAR Software and wealth platform software specialist NEO. Wealth02 chief executive Andrew Whelan said the merger will significantly grow the business. "The coming together ...

Retirement Income Covenant, CCIV reforms pass

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... preparation, Hume is confident the industry is well-placed to develop and publish such strategies by the deadline. The Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Sarah Abood said financial planners now look forward to their clients having ...

FPA calls for stronger experience pathway

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia said it does not agree with the proposed changes to the experience pathway, claiming it would undermine the road to professionalism. Newly appointed chief executive Sarah Abood criticised the federal government's ...