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Royal Commission invite refused by Dover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... know, an invitation doesn't require a response," McMaster said. When asked by Counsel Assisting Mark Costello whether he was aware that Dover had been the only such entity to decline, McMaster responded: "The word decline is strong. A better word is ...

Elders appoints four advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
Elders Financial Planning has added four financial advisers, including one of its first to be located in Sydney CBD. The appointments include: Bishal Chhetri from Sydney (NSW), Steve Salvemini from Glenelg (SA), Brett Stephenson from the Sunshine Coast ...

Advice firm impersonated clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Superannuation Scheme on 7 November, 2017 - the same day as Henderson's first meeting with McKenna. Orr asked Henderson if he was aware of the employee's actions. Henderson denied any knowledge. However, during the phone call the employee explains to ...

Dead advice clients slugged ongoing service fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 APR 2018
... another occasion, "a different adviser provided advice in 2003 to a client who passed away the following year. The adviser was aware the client had died but continued to charge the ongoing service fees. When asked, he said he didn't know what to do ...

New manager raising $30m for crypto fund

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... cryptocurrencies, you would have made $13.7 million." Figures like these are why Nguyen thinks many investors aren't fully aware of the potential of investing in crypto. Of course, there have been concerns of increasing correlations with equity markets ...

AMP deliberately misled ASIC over ongoing fees

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... communicated to ASIC that this was an "administrative error" rather than a deliberate business policy, and that it had only become aware of the situation after investigating it - even though previous statements contradicted this. Hodge noted that based ...

Financial services data breaches recorded

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
... of financial services businesses were over-confident about dealing with cyber threats, yet only 32% of respondents were aware of the mandatory data breach notification laws. Additionally the survey found 28% of respondents had full confidence in the ...

AIA Australia spearheads mental health law reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
AIA Australia is urging the Federal Government to allow life insurers to fund early intervention and treatment for mental health conditions. AIA Australia and New Zealand chief executive Damien Mu said the legislative barriers that restrict life insurers ...

UK fund managers must improve fairness

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 13 APR 2018
The UK's financial services conduct regulator has released new rules for fund managers as part of its ongoing study into the asset management market. The latest Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) report states that fund managers, as the agents of investors ...

Robo-advisers a hard pill to swallow for Aussie investors: CFA

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 12 APR 2018
Australian retail investors are more likely to trust human financial planners over robo-advisers - and by an overwhelming majority, according to the CFA Institute's 2018 survey of investor trust. More than 80% of the Aussie retail investors surveyed ...