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Count snaps up three former MLC firms

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 1 APR 2021
Three former MLC firms are joining Count Financial, as its network of financial advice businesses continues to expand. It comes after four former IOOF firms joined Count on March 17. The three former MLC firms joining Count are: Sapphire Coast Financial ...

Boutique hires fund services lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
A boutique trustee firm has appointed a long-serving Perpetual employee as its head of fund services. John O'Connell will become the head of fund services at AMAL Trustees on April 1. Perpetual confirmed that O'Connell has left the firm and that Aaron ...

Kelly O'Dwyer joins EQT board

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 29 MAR 2021
The former minister for revenue and financial services Kelly O'Dwyer is joining Equity Trustees' board as a non-executive director. O'Dwyer joins the board as Jim Minto steps down after four years. Minto was also the deputy chair of the ...

ASIC releases fee consent instrument

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 MAR 2021
ASIC has released three legislative instruments to regulate advice fee consents and lack of independence disclosures, as part of the government's response to the Royal Commission. The first of the three sets the requirements that written consent from ...

Must prepare for demise of LIBOR: RBA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has told financial institutions they must be prepared for the "imminent demise" of LIBOR. RBA assistant governor (financial markets) Christopher Kent said as the deadline for LIBOR is fast approaching, financial institutions ...

IOOF firms abandon ship

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2021
Four IOOF financial advice firms have joined Count Financial ahead of the MLC acquisition, with one firm saying it was seeking a licensee without "hidden agendas". Magnis Financial Planning, Glenbuckie, Aim Financial Advice and Strategic Wealth Management ...

Remediation services profiting from Royal Commission failures

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 11 MAR 2021
Services are popping up to assist consumers in getting refunds for fee for no service financial advice, junk insurance and other misconduct exposed by the Royal Commission - but they are doing it for a fee. Remediator is one such service, launching ...

AFCA chair under fire

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... will be paid an extra $1.8 million, after stepping in as interim executive chair to lead the company when chief executive Ken Barton resigned on Monday. This brings her total remuneration from Crown to $2.5 million a year. The company also released its ...

Count Financial expands national reach

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
Count Financial has announced three new firms have been added to its national network of advice businesses. Plan Protect and YS Financial Planning from Sydney and Financial Stability from Melbourne are the three newest firms in the CountPlus-owned licensee. ...

Equity Trustees wins investment mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
Equity Trustees has been appointed as investment manager and philanthropic consultant for a not-for-profit health organisation. Bendigo Community Health Services (BCHS) provides free or affordable healthcare services to communities in the Bendigo region. ...