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Advice group strengthens leadership team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2018

... professional services firm. Part of that commitment is to support our advisers with the highest calibre technical, professional standards and business support."

The future of advice fee structures

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 18 JUN 2018

... re-distribution of fees into the hands of consumers and innovative firms that successfully respond and account to higher standards, predicting great changes that will strengthen the industry as it transforms into a profession.

FASEA begins work on adviser exam

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority commenced a consultation process of sorts to assist with its design of the industry exam which all new and existing advisers will be required to pass. FASEA is seeking expressions of interest from ...

Technical Services Forum looks at tax and aged care

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018

... structure and aged care. The audience of about 50 included technical services managers, compliance officers, professional standards officers, analysts, paraplanners and a few financial advisers and planners. IOOF senior technical services manager Linda ...

AFA criticises draft FASEA standard

KARREN VERGARA | FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018

The Association of Financial Advisers released its assessment of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's 12 draft standards, pointing to numerous areas that need clarity and focus, particularly around governance at the licensee level. ...

Australia should consider Islamic finance to bridge infrastructure gap

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018

... to continue. It is not enough to simply be the 'lucky country'. We need to think, plan and invest now to maintain our standards and grow into the forward-thinking nation that we all want to be a part of." Yassine said that if super funds weren't ...

CBA settles with AUSTRAC for $700m

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 4 JUN 2018

... prudential regulator, APRA, to ensure our governance, culture and accountability frameworks and practices meet the high standards expected of us," Comyn added. CBA said it will recognise a $700 million provision in its financial statements for the full ...

Global banking ethics standard coming to Australia

HARRISON WORLEY | SATURDAY, 26 MAY 2018

... Education and Training for Professional Bankers Standard is the first to be released by the Global Banking Education Standards Board (GBEStB), and will be supported by the Financial Services Institute of Australia (FINSIA). As a GBEStB member body, FINSIA ...

Westpac off the hook in BBSW scandal

KANIKA SOOD | FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2018

... to decide on Westpac's penalties. "Westpac's conduct was against commercial conscience as informed by the normative standards and their implicit values enshrined in the text, context and purpose of the ASIC Act specifically and the Corporations Act generally," ...

$900bn of wealth soon up for grabs: Research

HARRISON WORLEY | THURSDAY, 24 MAY 2018

... estimates $900 billion of wealth would become available for management. The review service cited new FASEA educational standards and "FOFA-like changes from the Royal Commission" as key drivers in the impending mass exit. Adviser Ratings managing director ...

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Global X awards mandate for ETF business

ELIZA BAVIN

Global X has awarded a new custody and administration mandate for its Australian ETF business.

Bell Asset Management launches small-caps fund

KARREN VERGARA

Bell Asset Management has formally launched its Australian Small Companies Fund, which is run by former Tyndall Asset Management portfolio managers.

Former Australian Ethical finance chief lands new gig

MATTHEW WAI

The former chief financial officer of the ethical investment manager has joined a local finance company after wrapping up his tenure at AUB Group.

MySuper assets pursue $1.5tn Choice sector

KARREN VERGARA

MySuper assets are fast catching up to the $1.5 trillion Choice sector, hitting nearly $1.2 trillion in the March quarter.

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