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Adviser overwhelm explained

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
At the Association of Financial Advisers' annual conference, general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson dived into the regulatory overwhelm facing advisers. Anderson started his speech by asking, "Who is feeling overwhelmed by the level ...

ASIC worried about finfluencers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... social media influencer, or a finfluencer," Longo said. He added that ASIC is looking into the conflation of personal and general advice in the online influencer space and is concerned about consumers turning to influencers for advice. "The next step ...

BOQ bolsters executive team

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... chief risk officer and nine years at Westpac in a range of roles including chief risk officer for Westpac New Zealand and general manager, portfolio integrity. Watts also worked at NAB for 17 years and was chief risk officer. BOQ's current chief risk ...

Super funds to front committee hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
Aware Super, AustralianSuper and Hostplus are set to appear before the Standing Committee on Economics' inquiry into common ownership on Monday. Several super funds and IFM Investors will face the inquiry on Monday, with the government saying it ...

DDO nil-reporting rule scrapped

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 16 SEP 2021
... Determination (TMD) for every product sold and that they reach the intended audience. The Association of Financial Advisers general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson said that the association "is very pleased that the requirement for ...

Kiwi markets regulator names new chief

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 SEP 2021
... insurance and banking industries will be particularly relevant for the increased role the FMA is to play in those areas." FMA general counsel Liam Mason will be acting chief executive prior to Barrass' arrival. Barrass said: "The FMA is at an important ...

Strong year for farmland assets

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2021
Australian farmlands posted 15.07% in returns for the year ending June 2021, as commodity prices and seasonal conditions held strong, according to ANREV. This included 5.33% income contribution and a 9.36% appreciation. The data is compiled by Asian ...

ASX eyes a bigger slice of fixed income active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... assessment whether we think the fund will be open ended and be able to [service] redemption requests," Weaver said. ASX general manager investment products Andrew Campion said while the opportunity for the exchange from the rule change is hard to quantify ...

HESTA hires growth executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2021
... in what is a newly created role. Tim Mitchell-Adams has been appointed to lead HESTA's growth team, working alongside general manager, new business and growth enablement Joe Agius who joined in July. He was most recently chief executive of Australian ...

Colonial First State faces penalties for MySuper conduct

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 SEP 2021
... about investment directions, conducting 70 calls with members similar investment directions, and failing to provide a general advice warning on 17 calls. The court also declared CFS failed to do all things necessary to ensure the financial services covered ...