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BAS agents to give financial advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... about the scheme without an AFSL; and issued a temporary no-action position for super trustees to expand the scope of personal advice that can be provided under intra-fund advice. The advice fee has been capped at $300 in these circumstances.

COVID-19 could end Centrelink stigma

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
... think there is stigma and negativity towards people who find themselves reliant on government assistance during a time of personal crisis or vulnerability," Johns told Financial Standard. "I hope people will be more empathetic now and demand better ...

Financial services exec embroiled in bribery scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 16 APR 2020
A former financial services executive in the US has been charged with orchestrating a bribery scheme that saw him funnel at least $4 million to the Ghanaian government to gain their approval to build and operate an electrical power plant. The Securities ...

Listed infrastructure mispriced: FSI

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... Overall, Greenup said FSI is confident GLI will recover from the impacts of COVID-19. "The post-COVID-19 world will see personal, corporate and government debt burdens significantly higher than before the crisis, GDP recovery will be weak and interest ...

ASIC provides relief around early super access advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 APR 2020
... about the scheme without an AFSL; and issued a temporary no-action position for super trustees to expand the scope of personal advice that can be provided under intra-fund advice. The relief is temporary and comes on the back of stakeholder consultation ...

Morningstar releases time saving tool amid crisis

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2020
Morningstar has released a digital tool that will help advisers reclaim time lost on administrative tasks, so they can focus instead on engaging new clients and growing revenue. Morningstar's financial planning software AdviserLogic will now feature ...

GDP to contract 10%: CBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... deferral because of the coronavirus." The bank also rolled out a 60bps interest rate increase on 12-month term deposits for personal customers to 1.7% per annum which is 1.45% above the RBA's official cash rate of 0.25%.

Vanguard launches simplified investment platform

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... experience and provide low-cost access to the firm's most popular products. The global funds management giant's new Vanguard Personal Investor offering will allow Australians to invest in the firm's Australian-listed ETFs brokerage free, in a move Vanguard ...

New firm joins Count Financial network

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... Queensland-based business that provides individual and small business clients covering accounting, tax, finance, investment and personal insurance advice. The accounting practice services about 1400 clients, of which about 400 are investment and/or insurance ...

Court confirms Storm Financial founders breached duties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2020
... investors who were advised by Storm Financial and alleged the advice provided to these clients was inappropriate to their personal circumstances. From about 1994 Storm Financial operated a system in which 'one-size-fits-all' investment advice ...