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FSC calls for scaled advice model

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2020
... also noted that an independent review of the program could be held part-way through the trail period as an additional consumer safeguard. This would help determine whether the advice provided as part of the program was helping clients better manage their ...

Advice firm awarded international certification

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
Shadforth Financial Group has achieved the international fiduciary certification following an assessment by the Centre for Fiduciary Excellence. Shadforth is now one of just seven Australian advice firms to have the certification. "Advice relationships ...

Maurice Blackburn slams FSC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
Law firm Maurice Blackburn has slammed the Financial Services Council over its renewed campaign to allow insurers to call the shots on medical claims. Maurice Blackburn principal Josh Mennen said the changes would enable insurers to only pay the medical ...

Rejigging retirement income: First Sentier Investors

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2020
... products. "There is a requirement to bridge the knowledge gap between the finance industry professionals and the end consumer. There is a clear incentive to simplify but the key is to not make it simpler than it needs to be," he said. He explained the ...

Class action over YouTube fundie fallout

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 7 AUG 2020
... Hargreaves Lansdown had more knowledge of the potential issues facing the Woodford Equity Income Fund that the average consumer would have. The firm is asking for investors in the fund to register for the litigation. "Working with the assembled legal ...

Dealmakers hold off investing in Australia

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
... will occur in the technology, media and telecommunications space, followed by pharmaceutical at 75% and industrial and consumer at 63%.

UK competition watchdog blocks merger

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has blocked the merger of retail investment platforms FNZ and GBST due to fears of it leading to higher costs for investors. FNZ purchased GBST in November 2019 for £150 million. The merged businesses would ...

Chief economist update: The V in recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2020
Were it not for the "second wave" now doing the rounds in a number of cities around the world, the letter "V" would now be standing for "victory" against the war on COVID-19. The gradual easing of restrictions has unfrozen social and business activity ...

FPA award nominations open, new award announced

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... supported by the Future2 Foundation. All categories will be judged by a panel of experts, with award winners receiving consumer media opportunities and complimentary registration to next year's FPA Professionals Congress. De Gori urged advisers and students ...

Former BNY Mellon IM country head joins Westpac

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 AUG 2020
... which will greatly assist the expansion of our wealth proposition." Westpac reports its results across four divisions: consumer, business (including private wealth), the institutional bank, New Zealand operations and group businesses.