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WealthO2 names chair, director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... significantly changed since he established HUB24. "In 2007 the benefits of managed accounts were not as well understood by advisers as today. It is technology innovation that can lead change in an industry," Pettiona said. "With the decoupling of the ...

The barriers to limited advice: Licensees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... Commission's (ASIC) latest consultation paper, Promoting access to affordable advice for consumers, is giving not only advisers but also licensees the chance to voice their opinions on the issues relating to the supply of good quality affordable advice ...

FASEA urges advisers to maximise exam sittings

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
With the window to complete the FASEA exam narrowing, financial advisers are being urged to maximise the number of attempts they make. In correspondence with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP), FASEA chief executive ...

CFM local head takes on new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JAN 2021
... team member and business partnerships," CFM said in a statement. "We are working with the platforms and any impacted advisers to ease the transition as we change our approach. We are also in the process of developing new ESG and equity capped trend following ...

MLC Life Insurance raises $650 million

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... role in the group insurance market, developing the industry's leading claims function, and making it more efficient for advisers and superannuation funds to provide insurance to their customers through the use of technology."

Retiree strategies need greater attention: Research

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... Association of Australia (FPA) and CoreData released a report Building Better Retirement Futures, which aims to equip advisers with solutions for retirees. Fidelity International head of client solutions and retirement Richard Dinham said as the retiree ...

Ignition Advice chief exits

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JAN 2021
... KPMG Australia for two-and-a-half years. He has also held top positions at Capital Position Ventures and Genesys Wealth Advisers. Ignition has not yet announced any plans for Prasad's replacement. Prasad said he enjoyed working with Ignition and ...

Class action launched against OnePath

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JAN 2021
... various superannuation funds by charging higher fees to members in order to pay unnecessary commissions to financial advisers for no ongoing benefit for the members. It also alleges OnePath breached its trustee duties by depositing certain cash investments ...

FASEA exam results for November 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
FASEA has released exam results from the ninth Financial Advisers Exam held in November 2020, all financial advisers in Australia have until January 2022 to complete the exam. Just 11,241 advisers have passed the FASEA exams held to date - representing ...

Jail time for tax adviser

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 DEC 2020
... maintained. "The sentencing, fines of over $640,000 and the imprisonment of Mr Hacker, sends a strong message to other rogue advisers and the community that illegal acts of this nature will not be tolerated."