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Corporate and industry super funds unite

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
... said. Fairbrother employees will continue to benefit from lower fees, as well as more investment options and financial advice and support from the Tasplan team, she said. "We have a long relationship with Fairbrother and we are committed to providing ...

SMSF investment platform begins, announces senior hire

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... adviser but want help with their portfolios." The firm cites data that suggests 85% of Australians do not get financial advice, and a Productivity Commission report showing about 70% of SMSF trustees make their own investment decisions without advice. ...

FS Power50 names most influential advisers in 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... defined "influential" as individuals who have been or continue to be instrumental in shaping the future of the financial advice industry. "Being an influential figure is much more than having a far-reaching online profile. It is about owning your position ...

Advice group rebuilds following regulatory headwinds

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
A financial advice group specialising in self-managed superannuation funds and residential property investment acknowledged it's hurt from recent regulatory burdens. However, there are opportunities afoot for the ASX-listed business, including an entry ...

Vertical integration not to blame

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... "Westpac does not believe that the matters arise from the structural features of a business that provides both financial advice and products," it says. AMP adds the death of vertical integration in wealth management would impinge on the commercial flexibility ...

Rice Warner warns against culling value-based advice fees

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... advisers and superannuation funds would need to develop "innovative" models delivering better value and lower cost financial advice, if value-based fees were to be banned following the Royal Commission. Otherwise, the nation's next retiring generation ...

Industry funds lead website experience

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... satisfaction (0.5 points higher). Overall, super funds made significant inroads in allowing members to request financial advice online (from 68% last year to 80% this year). Worst rated member experiences were using retirement calculators, locating information ...

Increase adviser standards sector-wide: FSU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... financial advisers. "The Finance Sector Union agrees with Brian Hartzer that increasing the professionalisation of financial advice is an important measure to address problems in the sector. This is an area in which there is a broad consensus from workers ...

Misconduct matters, but stability key for Frydenberg

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... Yesterday, Westpac chief Brian Hartzer told counsel assisting Michael Hodge his bank wouldn't walk away from its financial advice clients, despite the practice becoming more expensive for Westpac to run.

Fund manager launches HNW advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... officially launched into the high-net-worth advice market. Clime Investment Management is now offering tailored financial advice for HNW and sophisticated investor clients within its subsidiary Clime Private Wealth. It also works with self-managed super ...