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Processes are the problem, not people: Count Financial

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
The majority of the problems faced by practices in delivering advice efficiently can be attributed to process issues not people, according to Count Financial. Countplus acquired the Count Financial from the Commonwealth Bank late last year for just ...

Top adviser queries revealed

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 30 APR 2020
Colonial First State's superannuation team has revealed the burning questions financial advisers are asking at the moment, with the team frequently fielding queries on early access to super and new social security measures. The queries included ...

COVID-19 ETP market winners, losers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2020
... BetaShares Australian Equities Strong Bear ETF and BetaShares US Equities Strong Bear ETF both came out of March winners in the field. Dyall said usually traded value is a function of the size of the product, but the bear ETFs proved exceptions to this ...

Compliance worse than COVID-19

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2020
... shortening SoA endorsed by AFCA and ASIC for AFSLs to follow, maintain high education standards and a more level playing field (a review of current legislation itself and the yawning gap between what is general, intra-fund and personal advice)," Cavanough ...

The domino effect: Oil falls, markets follow

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
Despite all the jaw dropping falls that investors have endured during the COVID-19 crisis, the US oil price crash overnight may just be the worst. The price of West Texas Intermediate crude oil for May plunged more than 190% during trade on Monday ...

The five threats to super fund survival

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
... "Instead, this could lead to an increase in compliance costs and the reduction of competition that results from a smaller field of funds. "We believe scale must be accompanied by digital transformation and innovation to drive down underlying costs and ...

MLC Life executive joins AFCA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... coming months," Locke said. "Heather is well recognised as an expert in superannuation law and practice and a leader in her field. She joins an already strong superannuation team at AFCA. I am delighted that Heather has chosen to join AFCA at this exciting ...

YBR national advice lead moves to Interprac

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... National Australia Bank, so we feel her experience is spread between compliance, business support and practical know how in the field as an adviser." Jason Hayes also moved to Interprac in March. He will be adviser operations manager, moving from the ...

Atlas Advisors adds to leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 APR 2020
... Porter has been the head of FACS Real Estate Finance and Consulting Services. "Regarded as a leader in this challenging field, Arthur brings 35 years of experience in real estate financing and structuring markets to Atlas's team," said Atlas Advisors ...

Mutual fund assets lose $1.3 trillion

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2020
... pointed to the elimination of non-transactional-fee (NTF) platforms as a positive for ETFs, saying it levels the playing field and have given issuers more options for promoting products. "One consequence of the shift from NTF platforms will be the greater ...