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ASIC bans crypto scammer

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2020
... investigation was still ongoing. Between august 2017 and January 2018, Bigatton served as the Australian national representative of online cryptocurrency platform BitConnect, as well as its investment scheme BitConnect Lending Platform. ASIC alleges ...

Class announces $4.2m acquisition

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 AUG 2020
... is expected to be complete in August this year and be earnings accretive in FY21. Smartcorp launched Australia's first online company ordering and ASIC compliance system in 2003, operating a platform that has delivered over 500,000 documents to accounting ...

Macquarie to transfer legacy pension product

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... investment options (managed funds, listed securities, term deposits, separately managed accounts) and improved features such as online access for account balances, it said. Any ongoing adviser fees currently in place for SuperOptions members will continue ...

Adviser salaries unchanged: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... services industry." While outsourcing paraplanning is becoming more popular, Gvalda said only firms with very effective online processes are able to take advantage of these services. And for outsourced paraplanners to write Statements of Advice in-house ...

Regulatory, legal exam questions trip up advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 AUG 2020
... advisers sitting the exam, compared to just 470 in April. A total of 10,239 advisers sat the exam in June - with the exam held online due to COVID-19 restrictions. Over 1600 advisers have registered for the August exam, to be held in metropolitan and ...

NULIS calls for clearer regulatory definitions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2020
... costs associated with operating the licensee's business." NULIS said the cost of intra-fund advice provided to members via online digital tools is paid for out of fee revenue and does not involve additional costs to members. It also revealed that its ...

European robo-adviser eyes Australia, taps Westpac exec

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2020
... Australian market, including its Portfolio Optimizer (quantitative downside protection for investors), Self Investor (an online investment platform), StoryTeller (an automated reporting solution) and Robo Advisor offerings. With major structural shifts ...

Advisers switch platforms amid pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
... adoption of digital tools. "Since the start of the lockdown in early March, planners have significantly expanded their use of online meetings, email campaigns, digital signature tools and social media management systems," Peker explains. "Whether by ...

AFA, FPA share bleak view of industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... available in regional areas. He added that amid COVID-19 advisers were busier than ever and FASEA took time to move the exam online. Anderson disagreed with Molino, saying the FASEA exam is not "basic" but actually covers a substantial amount of material ...

Trust in advisers wanes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... global average, which sits at 73%. In part, this is down to a lack of trust in the security of personal information on online platforms, with more than one-third of investors saying they are less willing to hand over personal information online than ...