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ASIC takes action against Equiti

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... services group for allegedly paying conflicted remuneration totalling $165,000 to its financial advisers who gave inappropriate SMSF and property advice. Equiti Financial Services (Equiti FS) - which is now called DOD Bookkeeping and is in liquidation ...

Adviser numbers at five-year low

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 APR 2021
... was finalising its verdict. On a year-on-year comparison, the number of advisers dropped 11% at the end of March 2021. The SMSF Advisers Network is currently the largest advice licensee, followed by AMP Financial Planning, Morgans, Synchron and Charter. ...

HNWs change views on advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 APR 2021
... Australia as of September 2020, defined as those with over $1 million in investable assets outside their home, business and non-SMSF super. Among this group, there has been a sharp increase in the number of HNWs that are open to receiving professional ...

Raiz expands to SMSF market

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... a tax statement," Malone said. Malone said Raiz was receiving enquiries from dealer groups each week asking to put their SMSF customers in the portfolio. "To date only individuals could invest with Raiz - it has more than 400,000 active customers - but ...

Former AMP adviser in enforceable undertaking

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... deliberate steps to avoid compliance with the court enforceable undertaking. Thorne was an authorised representative of SMSF Advice, a wholly owned subsidiary of AMP, when she allegedly received referrals in relation to establishing SMSFs from Park Trent ...

Adviser levy to increase by 160%

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2021
... Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia, Financial Planning Association of Australia, Institute of Public Accountants and the SMSF Association have now joined forces to slam the hike. They claim the steep increase - during a time when the financial ...

Retirement income framework on track: Frydenberg

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2021
... improving retirement income depends on how the industry communicates with the public. Callaghan appeared alongside Kay and former SMSF Association chair Deborah Ralston, saying that the industry trades off the public's fears of not having enough ...

ASIC zeroes in on bad SMSF advice, conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... sounding a warning that it is flexing its new powers in superannuation. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press told the recent SMSF Association's National Conference via video link that several key projects are progressing to address the poor advice and ...

The future of quality advice: SMSFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... being clear in value proposition and proactively monitoring client portfolios will ensure the future of a quality financial advice business. Speaking at the Self-managed Superannuation Fund Association (SMSFA) National Conference, Deloitte director of ...

Future Super, Verve accused of misleading members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 FEB 2021
... ethical option. "To say our members are worse off is just incorrect," she said. Hobbs was questioned on Verve's general advice offering, which gives members access to a divorce coach and a pay rise negotiator among other coaching and general advice ...