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AFA to launch investigation into adviser misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers has confirmed it will launch its own investigation into why three of its members entered into enforceable undertakings with ASIC in as many days. While AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said he would not discuss the ...

DomaCom secures first integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
Fractional property investor DomaCom has announced its first integration, allowing financial advisers to automatically include DomaCom sub-fund investments in client reports. DomaCom has entered into an agreement to integrate its property sub-funds ...

2018 Financial Standard Investment Leadership Awards

JOHN DYALL  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... pace that is unprecedented. This change is evident in multiple ways: new platforms, fees, the changing role of financial advisers and the ways in which investment product manufacturers are responding. Among older legacy platforms and the products they ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... property prices; and the outlook for China and Australia. SMSF Association National Conference More than 1300 financial advisers and self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) trustees attended the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre in mid-February ...

PeakSuper eyes expansion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
A newly rebranded SMSF service provider is hoping to expand its market reach with the help of financial advisers. Adelaide-based PeakSuper, formerly Catapult Super, will look to build partnerships with advisers to assist their clients with the establishment ...

ASIC takes further action against MyPlanner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
... and from June 2012 to December 2012 with Apogee Financial Planning. He is also a member of the Association of Financial Advisers.

Fee-for-service faces ultimate risk test

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... business in the LIF environment will find it difficult to operate sustainably in 2018 and beyond. From January financial advisers will no longer be able to receive 120% upfront commission on the implementation of a life insurance policy. Over the next ...

CommInsure life insurance ads misleading: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... its life insurance policies. An investigation between mid-2013 to March 2016 found Total Care Plan (sold via financial advisers) and Simple Life Insurance (sold directly to consumers), had "misleading and deceptive statements" on some of CommInsure websites ...

Amazon still an early-stage company: Fundie

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
... and in to high-income stocks; it actually broadened out and become stronger. This suits ARK Invest because financial advisers and their clients feel there's a need to invest in disruptive innovation companies because the world is changing quickly around ...

HNWI financial advice demand falls: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 14 DEC 2017
New research from Investment Trends found there are less high-net-wealth investors using financial advisers compared to five years ago. The use of financial advice among high-net-worth investors (HNWI) has fallen to a five-year low, according to the ...