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Advice group flees MLC after IOOF takeover

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 SEP 2020
HFM & Partners has made the decision to change its Australian financial services licence from MLC-owned GWM Adviser Services in light of the acquisition by IOOF. The announcement by IOOF to acquire MLC's advice business will see the creation of ...

ASIC names operations, risk leads

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2020
... developments and issues affecting the region. Emily Hodgson, reports to Day as deputy chief operating officer and chief financial officer. Meanwhile, Zack Gurdon was appointed to the newly-established role of chief risk officer in July, joining from ...

Advice disciplinary body delayed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... not see its slated January 2021 launch. Instead, the disciplinary body as recommended by the financial services Royal Commission, is set to be up and running in mid-2021, Hume told the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association Virtual Conference ...

Challenges on the horizon for CountPlus

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 AUG 2020
... increase of net profit after tax to $5.95 million in FY20 from $3.68 million ahead of future challenges to its Count Financial business. The accounting firm increased its cash to $21.11 million, up from $8.5 million in the preceding period. The strengthened ...

Sam Henderson pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
... disclosure document available to a person knowing it to be defective. ASIC claims Henderson gave two clients a Financial Services Guide claiming that he held a Master of Commerce when he did not. Each count of making a defective disclosure document available ...

ASIC takes action against BTFM, Asgard, StatePlus

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 AUG 2020
... apologises for the errors. Elsewhere, the regulator also commenced civil penalty proceedings against State Super Financial Services Australia Limited, or StatePlus, for charging at least 36,592 members fees for advice that was never provided. ASIC alleges ...

Calls for consent forms, opt-ins to be scrapped

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... at suggestions from the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) that an overhaul of the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) system could be the solution to the industry's woes. "By killing a system where advisers can join an AFSL which ...

IOOF divests Australian Ethical

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... profit after tax is immaterial. Australian Ethical has campaigned against unethical behaviour in the Australian financial services industry in the past. It divested its $8.8 million stake in IOOF in January 2019, saying the decision was driven by IOOF's ...

Alex Wade leaves AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... in an acting capacity while a search is conducted for a permanent successor. Vernon has over 25 years' financial services experience in both Australia and New Zealand and has been with AMP since 2009, prior to which he worked at Bank of New Zealand. ...

Adviser salaries unchanged: Research

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... foundation in the financial planning field, and utilise the experience to transition into other roles within the financial services industry." While outsourcing paraplanning is becoming more popular, Gvalda said only firms with very effective online ...