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AMP extends adviser deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
AMP and the AMP Financial Planners Association have commented on the decision to extend the October 31 deadline originally given to financial advisers given notice by the wealth giant. Meanwhile, the AMPFPA has confirmed action against AMP will likely ...

Growing advice group in commissions fight

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 24 OCT 2019
... the banks have not been cynical enough, they now have the opportunity to divest themselves of all their bank financial planners, which they are doing (and in AMPs case doing heartlessly and unconscionably) leaving perhaps millions of orphaned clients ...

New SMAs launch

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
... social or ethical considerations that are important to them. "It is basically the law from 1/1/20 that all financial planners need to incorporate this type of advice into their recommendations," Price said. "We believe these types of ethical investments ...

ASIC grants compliance scheme relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... establishment of a single disciplinary body for advisers, compliance schemes will no longer monitor and enforce the Financial Planners and Advisers Code of Ethics. However, enshrined in the Corporations Act 2001 is an obligation for AFS licensees to ...

ASIC using intimidation tactics on grandfathering: AIOFP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... them on, we're confident of winning," Johnston said. Corrs Chambers Westgarth is also representing the AMP Financial Planners Association in its fight following AMP's decision to alter its Buyer of Last Resort policy. Johnston said Corrs Chambers ...

Grandfathered commissions ban passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... advisers have time to adjust their businesses. "The passing of the legislation last night provides certainty to financial planners and ends years of speculation as to when these arrangements might come to the end of their transition period," Marshan ...

AMPFPA selects law firm

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
The AMP Financial Planners Association has appointed a high-profile law firm to explore legal options available to its members following AMP's decision to alter its Buyer of Last Resort policy. The AMPFPA has selected Corrs Chambers Westgarth to ...

Code monitoring move disappoints industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... monitoring body. Code Monitoring Australia was established by the AFA and FPA in conjunction with the Boutique Financial Planners, the Financial Services Institute of Australasia, the Self-Managed Super Fund Association and the SAFAA. Brad Fox, former ...

Rainmaker Group expands into ESG media, acquires The Sustainability Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... products. The Investment Trends 2018 Adviser Product and Marketing Needs Report, which surveyed 766 Australian financial planners, found 34% now provide advice on responsible investing, up from 19% in the 2016 survey.

Growing uncertainty sees more advisers outsourcing

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2019
... attendance growing rapidly," said Wang. "Faced with low yields and increasingly uncertain market conditions, financial planners will be relying on fund managers more than ever for insights and products that are appropriate for the current market envi ...