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Mercer names head of investment consulting

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
... management and retirement solutions. Rebecca Jacques, the former general manager of the Australian Goals Based Advice Association (AGBA), recently joined as a senior investment consultant in the institutional wealth team. Armitage's skills span investment ...

ACSA creates managed fund taskforce

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
The Australian Custodial Services Association will facilitate an industry taskforce to help address what it deems "systemic" obstacles in servicing managed funds and encourage more standards and automation in the local market. ACSA said that in surveying ...

Hayne report raises professionalism stakes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... to be assigned to the code monitoring bodies under the Corporations Act," Hayne writes. However, Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Dante De Gori has a different take. He says there is no reason why a code monitoring body couldn't ...

Synchron slams RC on commissions

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... therefore the net effect is zero." Rainmaker analysis shows Synchron advisers account for a large proportion of the Association of Financial Advisers' membership. The AFA has also said advisers will require a great deal of support in preparing for the ...

Grandfathered commissions deadline challenging: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
The removal of grandfathered commissions by 2021 is not as simple as it sounds, according to the Association of Financial Advisers. Acknowledging the recommendation and subsequent announcement of a deadline for removal by Government was inevitable ...

Former Morgan Stanley chief to join Westpac board

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... Barclays de Zoete Wedd and has also served on the board of Investa Property Group and Australian Financial Markets Association. Seale joins Westpac's board after stints as a director at Bank of Queensland, Ramsay Health Care, and Penguin Random House ...

Conflicts of interest recommendation falls short

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... time will tell whether ongoing conflicts of interest and remuneration settings will result in problems re-emerging. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy said the proposed reforms amount to a strengthening of conflicts ...

AFSL reference checking protocols required

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
Financial advice licensees are not doing enough to communicate the background of advisers. As such, compliance with the Australian Banking Association's reference checking protocols should be mandatory for all advice licensees, the Royal Commission ...

Former adviser steals $5m from clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... advice in 1991. He ceased as an adviser on 23 August 2016. He is listed as being a member of the Financial Planning Association of Australia, the SMSF Association and the Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia.

Royal Commission to suppress bank stocks

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 4 FEB 2019
... higher funding and compliance costs," she told a media briefing recently. Figures from the Australian Shareholders' Association show retail investors highly favour the big four banks above other major blue-chip stocks like BHP, Telstra and IAG. For ...