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FPA launches benchmarking tool

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 APR 2020
... businesses, the FPA said, focusing on five key areas, as well as revenue growth and profit margins. These include risk and compliance, efficiency and technology adoption, aspirations, differentiation to meet client needs, and yield. The process only ...

Count Financial bolsters leadership team

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
The former head of compliance and professional standards at IOOF has joined the leadership team of Count Financial. Phil Creswell joins Count Financial as its new head of professional standards from April 14. Creswell previously worked with Countplus ...

YBR national advice lead moves to Interprac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... and 17 of this was actually as a planner with National Australia Bank, so we feel her experience is spread between compliance, business support and practical know how in the field as an adviser." Jason Hayes also moved to Interprac in March. He will ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... people are making rash decisions and falling victim to scams as they navigate the economic fallout of COVID-19 - but compliance has left some financial advisers and service providers feeling hamstrung in helping. Meg Heffron, managing director of Heffron ...

New firm joins Count Financial network

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... decision about the future of our business and the broader financial planning industry," Peters said. "Count's size, compliance focus and overall support offering, plus the strength of being backed by the CountPlus listed entity, were all definitely ...

Wealth manager appoints new head of advice

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... Financial Advice and Matrix Planning Solutions chief executive Allison Dummett told Financial Standard. "Professional compliance and advice support is more important than ever and, as a licensee that is growing, we will continue to build our resources ...

Super scammers pose as authorities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... be from various authorities and bodies including the "National Review Team", "Advisory Committee", "Superannuation Compliance", and "National Superannuation Board". An ACCC spokesperson said "scammers have used a variety of excuses to request information ...

COVID-19 shaves $290bn off super

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... to this, it implies a loss in the order of magnitude of $290 billion," Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. The country's largest superannuation fund AustralianSuper, for example, lost about 13.3% in the three-week ...

Positives from the pandemic for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... CONSENTS Consultation Paper 329 will be a big test," Johnson said. "The inconvenient truth is that this over-zealous compliance regime is that it has been justified on the past $40 billion product failure environment being falsely and unfairly blamed ...

Early release to bite retirement hard

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... cost is $43,000 - that is half the cost foregone by the younger member," Rainmaker executive director of research and compliance Alex Dunnin said. "If a 30 year old takes the cash...[it] could eventually cost them $80,000. But if you need the cash, you ...