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Remediation services profiting from Royal Commission failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Services are popping up to assist consumers in getting refunds for fee for no service financial advice, junk insurance and other misconduct exposed by the Royal Commission - but they are doing it for a fee. Remediator is one such service, launching ...

Investor population rises for global equities

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
... survey undertaken by online trading platform eToro which found investors steering clear from traditional means of financial advice and seeking advice from social media, the news, and friends. Furthermore, BetaShares revealed the ETF industry reached ...

ERS disproportionately impacted women

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAR 2021
... industry engagement Deborah Potts said. "The best advice we can give to our members who were impacted, is to seek financial advice. Many funds such as Rest offer online advice tools and services, as well as learning centers to help educate their members ...

Westpac exec goes part-time

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 MAR 2021
... appeal dismissed by the High Court of Australia regarding two of its subsidiaries providing unlicensed personal financial advice. In addition, APRA's review into Westpac's risk governance led both parties to agree to a court enforceable undertaking ...

Dover, McMaster hit with $1.4m penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... penalties by the Federal Court of Australia. Justice O'Bryan imposed a $1.2 million penalty on the defunct financial advice firm based on 19,402 contraventions brought against it by ASIC - one contravention for each time the Dover Client Protection ...

Chant West to buy Rice Warner insurance comparator

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... Comparators business. The 16-year-old business is an insurance comparison tool for desktop software providers to the financial advice industry, institutional clients and super funds. Chant West will integrate the tools into its business after a transition ...

Adviser levy to increase by 160%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... SMSF Association have now joined forces to slam the hike. They claim the steep increase - during a time when the financial advice sector is losing thousands of advisers a year (just over 20,000 remain on the ASIC Financial Adviser Register now) - highlights ...

AMP launches new intra-fund advice offer

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2021
AMP has launched a new intra-fund financial advice offering focused on retirement. The retirement health check will be available to members of AMP's Super Directions Fund at no additional cost. It is a phone-based service that aims to provide members ...

Australia to echo UK advice growth

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... of the UK market, evidenced by technology adoption throughout COVID-19, according to Intelliflo. The UK-based financial advice technology provider referred to various reforms in the UK, such as the 2012 Retail Distribution Review and General Data Protection ...

Retirement income framework on track: Frydenberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... and services available to guide them through the government, health and pension systems. Callaghan added that financial advice should be considered as a fourth pillar of the retirement system as it can help fill this gap.