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Adviser fears over ASIC relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... full onboarding process, I don't feel like there is a way to get around that." According to Brentnall, the measures appear best suited to the capabilities of large organisations. "I think the initiative is really designed around supporting major institutions ...

Former Spectrum Wealth, NAB advisers banned

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
... ACT financial adviser over dodgy SMSF advice, and banned another from NSW for three years for failing to consider clients' best interests. Jane Myers, an authorised representative of Spectrum Wealth between 2013 and 2017, has been banned by the regulator ...

Super funds need to act like banks: PM

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... will examine particular investments and make decisions according to their own investment strategies and what will be in the best long term interests of their members," the FSC said. Morrison stressed that the government cannot be the only "economic actor" ...

Super funds face penalties over early release failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 7 APR 2020
... table, Frydenberg said. "The government expects APRA to exercise those powers in circumstances where it is in the best interest of fund members to do so," he added. Frydenberg and the Morrison government are positioning the early withdrawals from super ...

Could relief on advice compliance save consumers?

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... doesn't have to be a choice between consumer protection and relief. "Even if there was relief, advisers always have a best interests duty obligation to their clients - that is paramount, it's a great protection for clients and it would still ...

Former ANZ adviser banned

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... found Hilsley failed to comply with financial services laws, including failing to provide financial advice that was in the best interests of his clients. "A review of Hilsley's advice files revealed that he did not identify, or make sufficient enquiries ...

Queensland adviser barred from industry

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 FEB 2020
... his clients over his own interests". It also found that he is "not of good fame or character" as he failed to act in the best interests of his clients by recommending they lend money to his related entities by dipping into their SMSFs. ASIC argues he ...

Consultation on mortgage broker best interests duty opens

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2020
... interests; whether the overall value of a product should be considered where non-cost considerations affect what's in the best interest of the client; and any other factors that should be considered. ASIC is also proposing that brokers tailor how they ...

AMP faces fresh class action

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... statutory duties to an estimated 100,000 clients. Shine Lawyers alleges the beleaguered firm failed to act in its clients' best interests by selling in-house life insurance products at inflated prices, thus failing to provide them with objective ...

AMP to pay $5m for churn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
The Federal Court has ordered AMP to pay $5.175 million for failing to ensure its financial advisers complied with the best interests duty by engaging in insurance churn. In a case brought in June 2018, ASIC alleged that a number of AMP Financial Planning ...