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Adviser Ratings revamps website in prep for FAR launch

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015

Consumer-based adviser "review" service Adviser Ratings has updated its website to accommodate ASIC's first adviser register (FAR), launching at the end of March. The website, which currently has a database of 18,000 advisers, now provides users with ...

Advice register more detailed than expected

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015

... industry bodies. The Australian Bankers Association said following the release of the regulations that "a financial adviser register will enhance transparency and go a long way toward improving practices in the financial advice industry. "It will help ...

Register to include qualifications, association membership

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014

The government's public financial adviser register will include adviser's qualifications and professional association memberships by March 2015, Treasury has confirmed. A statement by the department confirmed that the register will also include the ...

Treasury seeks consultation on adviser register

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014

... consultation process on the public register of financial advisers, with submissions closing on December 17. The adviser register will be implemented as an amendment to the Corporations Act and approved through regulation. The Treasury's explanatory statement ...

Government clarifies adviser register funding

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 27 OCT 2014

The government's public register of financial advisers will raise $5 million over the next four years by increasing the Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensee annual lodgement fee with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). ...

Funding for the government's adviser register unclear

LAURA MILLAN | FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014

How the public register of financial advisers will be funded remains unclear, with the government saying that the money will come via a $5 hike in the annual lodgement fee for Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensees. A statement from Minister ...

Research group launches adviser rating app

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014

Consumers will be able to rate their financial planners through a mobile app, which includes an adviser register and is part of the broader Most Trusted Advisers network. The Beddoes Institute launched the network, the register and the app yesterday ...

New PJC inquiry will "close the loop" on consumer protection

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014

... do we make sure financial advice remains accessible. "We will see change in education, change in terms of an adviser register and most likely some views from the government on the role of professional association," he predicted. Submissions to the PJC ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014

... admitted that "the rebuilding of consumer trust in financial advice will need to overcome several hurdles, but the adviser register is a step in the right direction." "Transparency builds trust, and the register, along with the other requirements suggested ...

Cormann tables adviser register to "weed out bad apples"

LAURA MILLAN | THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014

A public register of financial advisers will help "weed out bad apples," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said after the government announced the creation of a working group to consult with stakeholders. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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