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Better Advice regulations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
Financial advice regulatory reforms that include establishing one disciplinary body and giving ASIC greater powers over the industry are closer to becoming law. The minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy Jane Hume introduced ...

Pendal to use Calastone order routing

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
ASX-listed Pendal Group has signed up for Calastone's automated processing of fund orders via its order routing solution. Calastone said Pendal, which has $101.7 billion in assets, is now live on order routing and transfer. "Over the past 12 months ...

AMP Australia announces new leadership team

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 11 MAY 2021
AMP Australia chief executive Scott Hartley has announced a new leadership team and an updated operating model. Hartley will have seven direct reports. This includes three external hires, including a new managing director advice, a chief investment ...

Crestone expands national footprint

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAY 2021
Crestone Wealth Management has made several hires as it expands into the South Australian market. It bolstered its South Australian presence by hiring a local team of investment professionals, based in Adelaide. Kieran Purcell will be manager of advisory ...

FSC proposes new advice model

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
Eradicating the Statement of Advice and the safe harbour steps are two recommendations that will help reduce red tape and make financial advice more affordable, according to the Financial Services Council. The financial services' peak body has laid ...

Citi research head jumps to MST

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
Citi's head of Australian equities research has moved to boutique research house MST Financial. Craig Woolford made the move to MST after 16 years at Citi, most recently head of research for Australia. At MST he will be partner and senior research analyst. ...

Why advisers don't recommend annuities

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAR 2021
New research from University of Melbourne researchers has identified two reasons why financial advisers don't recommend annuities to their clients. Orford Initiative's latest findings found advisers play a key role in recommending annuities, but face ...

Insider trading four times more common

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAR 2021
New research estimates that the actual prevalence of illegal insider trading is much higher than regulators think, at least four times greater than the number of prosecutions. The research was conducted by Vinay Patel and Talis Putnins from the University ...

Banks should pay advice exit levy: TAA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
The Advisers Association (TAA) is calling on the government to mandate major banks and institutions pay an exit levy upon leaving the advice industry to provide relief for financial advisers and mitigate the increasing levy. Earlier this month the Australian ...

IOOF to spend big on BOLR

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
IOOF expects to spend up to $32 million on paying out Buyer of Last Resort arrangements with financial advisers leaving its network, primarily from Bridges Financial Services. At its half year results yesterday, IOOF reported an expected BOLR spend ...