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AFCA pivots to member experience

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2020
... finance at 58%, down from 60% last year. This was followed by general insurance at 24%, superannuation at 9% and financial advice at 6%.

Give the people advisers: Retirement Income Review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
The first comprehensive review of Australia's retirement system has acknowledged that affordable financial advice is what people need to navigate the retirement system. After the Royal Commission exposed deep flaws in Australia's financial advice ...

Sequoia reveals strategic plans

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... has revealed its plans to increase its adviser numbers and licensees to adjust to the shifting landscape of the financial advice industry. At its annual general meeting, Sequoia announced its strategic objective to be the market leader in the provision ...

Frydenberg unveils Retirement Income Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2020
... money in people's pockets. Hume flagged that better retirement income products are on the way and that the financial advice industry will play an important role in helping members navigate the complexities of the system. Most Australians do not have ...

Financial adviser reference checks under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... giving personal advice. "The FPA has clear examples of financial advisers who have been banned from providing financial advice by ASIC who move into management overseeing the provision of financial advice by employed or authorised financial advisers ...

ASIC charges BitConnect Australia lead

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... managed investment scheme known as the BitConnect Lending Platform in Australia and that he provided unlicensed financial advice on behalf of another person in, amongst other things, seminars he conducted at various locations around Australia. ASIC further ...

Former adviser pleads guilty to stealing client funds

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... ASIC said QWL, which has held an Australian financial services licence since January 2004, provided clients with financial advice including dealing in securities and advising on self-managed superannuation funds. ASIC's investigation into Hopkins and ...

ASIC opens consultation on scaled advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... decisions, especially during times of heightened vulnerability. The corporate regulator wants feedback from the financial advice industry and others with an interest in making affordable advice more accessible to consumers, particularly in regards to ...

Former Financial Circle director charged

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... itself has previously copped a $9 million fine for offering personal loans with the proviso customers implement financial advice from them. Financial Circle's Australian financial services licence and Australian credit licenses were cancelled on ...

CountPlus to continue acquisition spree

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... company's annual general meeting, CountPlus chair Ray Kellerman said the "considerable dislocation" within the financial advice industry has made it opportunistic to acquire firms. "Critical to your board is only executing on opportunities that are consistent ...