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Adviser ETF use grows

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2021
Financial advisers have increased their adoption of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) as demand for access to specific markets surges, new research shows. The latest BetaShares/Investment Trends ETF Report revealed 75% of Australian advisers are now using ...

Better Advice regulations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... Stage one, which takes effect after 1 January 2022, will see advisers apply to ASIC so they are recorded in the Financial Advisers Register. Stage two coincides with the Australian Taxation Office's newly proposed Australian Business Registry Service ...

Aussie investors optimistic about returns

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... performance. Natixis Australia chief executive Damon Hambly said it is evident that Australian investors trust their financial advisers (89%) and will need to work with them in this recovery phase of the market to ensure their investment portfolio has ...

CountPlus acquisitions boost revenue by $9.4m

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 JUN 2021
... FASEA exam in May 2021 or will sit the exam in July 2021," he said. "In addition to the FASEA exam, existing financial advisers must complete additional education requirements to meet FASEA standards prior to 1 January 2026. Over 60% of Count Financial ...

Lumiant raises capital, adds to board

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
... appointments will see the firm take another leap forward in its growth journey. "With Jeff and David joining the team, financial advisers have two of the industry's most influential executives supporting them in their journey towards life-centred advice," ...

Court orders new group definition in CBA advice class action

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUN 2021
Clients who claimed Commonwealth Bank financial advisers put them in expensive CMLA life insurance policies instead of cheaper alternatives have been asked to work to a new group definition. The group proceedings were filed by Diana Tyrrell and Edward ...

WealthO2 launches adviser app

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 JUN 2021
WealthO2 has launched an app for financial advisers and their clients to help them manage their investment and superannuation information. Available on Apple and Android, the app aims to provide advisers and their clients transparency on their holdings ...

Advisers turn to ETFs during COVID

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
Financial advisers' appetite for exchange-traded funds has more than doubled since the global pandemic hit as new trading data shows that index funds are providing better means of diversification. AUSIEX research found that before COVID-19, one ...

AFA defends industry against Labor attack

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has slammed the Labor Party's attack on financial advisers, which paints the profession as dodgy and continues to rip-off consumers. AFA acting chief executive Phil Anderson is calling for an end to the "persecution" ...

Boutique hires from AMP Capital

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUN 2021
... teams. In his most recent role as portfolio specialist, Hannigan was responsible for the retail distribution to financial advisers in the NSW, ACT and West Australian markets. He joined AMP from Colonial First State where he was an investment consultant ...