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ASIC sharpens focus on managed accounts

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018
... and platforms to identify issues affecting consumer outcomes. This includes looking at transparency and conflicts of interest. The increased focus on managed accounts is off the back of ASIC noticing significant growth in the sector and the expectation ...

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 ...

FASEA to assess professional advice designations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
Financial advice industry associations can now apply to FASEA for accreditation for their respective professional designation programs. The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority confirmed it has invited associations to apply for accreditation ...

APRA takes action against IOOF

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 7 DEC 2018
... The regulator said it was seeking to achieve significant changes to the identification and management of conflicts of interest by IIML, AET and IOOF. According to APRA, the action is based on concerns it raised in 2015 relating to IOOF and its entities' ...

Asset manager consolidation top of mind for HNWIs

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... be maintained and alignment can be assured with ethically sound business processes that avoid potential conflicts of interest and remain in line with community expectations."

Industry fund chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... rejected, the Commission heard. Additionally, the fund's lack of rigour around corporate credit use and conflicts of interest were put under the spotlight. Catholic Super paid $2 million to Australian Family, a marketing and communications firm. ...

Advice industry in hot water

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 28 SEP 2018
... products above others, even where they may not be ideal for the consumer," the report reads. Discussing conflicts of interest, Hayne said where an adviser "is employed by, or aligned with and acts on behalf of, a principal who manufactures or sells financial ...

Super funds call for grandfathering ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
... standards and expectations is at the heart of engendering confidence in the system. Perceived and actual conflicts of interest, if not managed appropriately, do the opposite," he said. "Given the fiduciary nature of superannuation it is reasonable to ...

Morgan Stanley amends false independence claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 28 AUG 2018
... prohibited if they receive commissions, volume-based payments or any other incentives, or operates with any conflicts of interest. The words 'impartial' and 'unbiased' are also prohibited. The original statement, which was made on 5 June, was later amended ...

Fiducian continues growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 AUG 2018
... Fiducian said: "Fiducian's vertically integrated business model has controls in place to manage inherent conflicts of interest to ensure that advice given to the client complies with the best interests duty and related obligations and is not tainted ...