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Franklin Templeton names institutional business director

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... said. Early this year, Franklin Templeton appointed Manuel Damianakis to drive its retail strategy and ensure financial advisers in Australia and New Zealand can access its investment capabilities. He currently reports to Matthew Harrison - Franklin ...

Westpac appoints remediation lead

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
... strategy. As part of the new strategy, Viridian Advisory acquired many of Westpac and BT Financial Group's financial advisers. In response to questioning, a Westpac spokesperson told Financial Standard : "Support for our people and customers has been ...

OpenMarkets launches trading platform

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 24 JUN 2019
OpenMarkets Australia has launched a new trading platform targeting self-directed investors and financial advisers. OpenMarkets Equix allows investors to trade ASX-listed equities, warrants and exchange-traded products including ETFs. Equix will also ...

Advice associations meet new minister

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... financial services lead for the first time. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association of Financial Advisers together met with newly appointed Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology ...

Will financial advisers cease to exist?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
More than half of all financial advisers believe the role they perform today will change substantially or cease to exist over the coming decade, according to research from the CFA Institute. With the necessary skillset to be a financial adviser evolving ...

Fee discounts harder for active ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2019
High net worth financial advisers may be reluctant to allocate to active ETFs because of the cost benefits on offer with unlisted trusts. Active ETFs account for just $3 billion of Australia's total $47 billion invested through exchange-traded products. ...

ASIC FAR, advice industry contract

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 17 JUN 2019
More than 1700 financial advisers have dropped off the ASIC Financial Adviser Register in less than six months. As of this month, there are 27,108 active financial advisers in Australia, Rainmaker analysis of latest ASIC FAR data shows. At its height ...

FPA, AFA partner on life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... insurance framework slated for 2021. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association of Financial Advisers will appoint two senior representatives and two adviser members each to the eight-person taskforce, with the goal of taking ...

MAX awards recognise industry excellence

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... year, we encourage them to harness their role to restore consumer trust and serve their clients - super funds, financial advisers, end-investors - well," she added. The voting phase of the awards attracted more than 14,000 votes in 2019, a record across ...

ASIC chases licensee over conflicted remuneration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2019
... Queensland's Isle of Capri and led by founder, managing director and head SMSF adviser Justin Beeton. It has two other financial advisers attached to its licence. According to its website, The SMSF Club is "a membership program designed to help people ...