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OneVue offloads trustee business

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 DEC 2018
... a new phase for the OneVue business." The trustee services business adds to Sargon's acquisition spree of financial advice technology provider Decimal, IOOF's corporate trust business Australian Executor Trustees, and Madison Financial Group ...

Ten stories that defined the Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... needed to know in 2018. Meller leaves AMP After a difficult appearance at the Royal Commission's hearings into financial advice, AMP's outgoing chief executive made a swift exit, and soon a whole bevy of the wealth manager's senior executives ...

Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... triggered urgent workplace meetings between the Finance Sector Union and impacted BTFG employees. HSBC quietly exits financial advice HSBC quietly called time on its Financial Advice arm in July, joining three of Australia's big four banks in spinning ...

ASIC permanently bans former Apogee adviser

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
A former Apogee Financial Planning representative has been permanently banned from providing financial advice after ASIC found he illegally took $1.4 million from superannuation accounts. ASIC's investigation of Ahmed Saad found he engaged in dishonest ...

ASIC sharpens focus on managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
ASIC will keep a closer eye on managed accounts in 2019, which will involve scrutinising the financial advice provided in more detail. In its 2018-22 Corporate Plan, the corporate regulator announced a new project reviewing the practices of managed ...

ASIC cans advice business AFSL

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
A boutique financial advice business has had its AFSL cancelled for failing to adequately manage conflicts of interest after clients were advised to invest their superannuation in the practice. ASIC has cancelled the AFSL of Evermore Money Management ...

Advice associations combine for code monitoring

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... the wider commitment to lift ethical and professional standards. Signifying a rare moment in Australia's financial advice industry, six professional associations will submit a code monitoring compliance scheme application to ASIC. This would enable ...

Adviser exam draft legislation released

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 DEC 2018
... cover the regulatory and legal obligations of financial advisers, applied ethical and professional reasoning, and financial advice construction. The assessment will be conducted in a range of capital cities and regional centres and each attempt will ...

Responsible investing rises on advice agenda

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... Trends research director Recep Peker said the rise speaks to a broader attraction in goals or objectives-based financial advice. In the last 12 months, the proportion of advisers who say they are very familiar with the concept of goals-based investing ...

Westpac executive remuneration voted down

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... fronted the Commission in November admitting that the bank let its customers down, particularly in the area of financial advice. Despite stating that making financial planning "work" within the group was underestimated, Westpac is nonetheless sticking ...