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Qantas Super chair steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 FEB 2019
Qantas Super chair Anne Ward will step down in May after 15 years of service. Two new members will also join the board. Ward joined the Qantas Super board in April 2004 and was appointed chair one year later. She serves on numerous boards, including ...

ClearView launches client-engagement guide

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
ClearView has launched a guide on how financial advisers can engage better with clients, in partnership with an academic. The author is Dr Katherine Hunt from Griffith University, who teaches financial planning subjects and has published papers in the ...

Perfect storm smashes AMP

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 FEB 2019
AMP suffered a 97% profit drop in 2018 and it's flagging a reshaped financial advice network into 2019. AMP recorded statutory net profit of $28 million last year, but the result is worth 3% of its 2017 full-year profit of $848 million. Discussing ...

Centuria Life launches new bond offering

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
Centuria Life is launching a new suite of products, anticipating a resurgent popularity in investment bonds. Centuria LifeGoals will comprise 22 professionally managed fund options, including sector, diversified and index funds. Asset classes covered ...

FASEA confirms code of ethics standard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2019
Following a period of consultation, the code of ethics set to govern the behaviour of financial planners and advisers from next year has been confirmed. On Monday, FASEA released the legislative instrument and explanatory statement of its code of ethics ...

Financial Standard launches FS Aspire CPD

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
Financial Standard is drawing on its deep catalogue of financial advice, superannuation and wealth management content to roll out a new proprietary Continuing Professional Development program for financial services professionals. FS Aspire CPD offers ...

Hayne report raises professionalism stakes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 11 FEB 2019
... Royal Commission that the primary function of an association is to promote and advance the cause of its members and the profession. "These characteristics sit uncomfortably with those of effective discipline that include objectivity, consistency and ...

Synchron slams RC on commissions

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
... system costs." Finally, Trapnell said the final report gives advisers certainty on how they can move forward in their profession after many years of upheaval. He said he was particularly pleased that the report did not propose to upend the vertical integration ...

Grandfathered commissions deadline challenging: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 FEB 2019
The removal of grandfathered commissions by 2021 is not as simple as it sounds, according to the Association of Financial Advisers. Acknowledging the recommendation and subsequent announcement of a deadline for removal by Government was inevitable ...

Hayne stops short of dismantling vertical integration

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 5 FEB 2019
The business model under fire for much of the Royal Commission has escaped punishment in Kenneth Hayne's final report. In handing over his 76 recommendations to improve the banking and financial services industry in Australia, Hayne avoided calling ...