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Regtech adds to advisory board

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
Australian regtech company Asendium has made two new advisory board appointments, which it says will help prepare the company for expansion into the US, UK, Canadian and European markets. Former AMP director of technology Giovanni De Angelis and corporate ...

Advisers switch platforms amid pandemic

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2020
New research has revealed Australia's financial advisers switched between various investment platforms in their search for better service and support in the wake of the Royal Commission and COVID-19 pandemic. Investment Trends' 2020 Planner Technology ...

Favour turns to active management

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
Amid the market volatility the COVID-19 pandemic ushered in, a new survey has revealed that sentiment is turning in favour of active investment management. The Natixis Investment Managers survey found that 79% of finance professionals globally and 78% ...

New appointment to TAA board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
The Adviser's Association (TAA) has made a new appointment to its board. Jennifer Mogg, operations manager, company secretary and a director of Invest Blue, has joined the board. Invest Blue is an advice firm licensed by AMP Financial Planning. TAA ...

Super for women under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... commissions or fees to be disclosed to the consumer," she said. "At least if a consumer went to a bank or AMP-aligned financial planner pre-Royal Commission they would receive a Statement of Advice." Lusher is concerned that coaches may not have the ...

FPA Congress moves online

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced the 2020 FPA Virtual Congress masterclass series will go live on July 9. The FPA is offering its Congress format as a virtual event for the first time in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

FPA accuses ASIC of price gouging

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has hit back at the corporate regulator accusing it of price gouging after increasing the industry funding levy for financial advisers by 38%. The FPA has urged the corporate regulator to reconsider the ...

Calls for overhaul of AFSL system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... De Gori said. "This is an appropriate approach and acknowledges the relationship between a client and their financial planner is a personal relationship, not one between an AFSL and the client. "Future reforms to the regulation of financial advice should ...

Advice job market not all doom and gloom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... standards or be on the way to passing, and they want them to be comfortable with technology. "Holding your Certified Financial Planner qualification or Masters of Financial Planning may not be enough to differentiate your application without providing ...

FASEA extension en route

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
The government's move to extend the ban on conflicted remuneration to listed investment companies and trusts is expected to provide financial advisers with some much needed certainty. Following Treasury consultation, the government made the decision ...