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MLC general manager departs

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... years ahead. "I'd like to think our teams have always advocated for advice, our advice licensees and for supporting our advisers and their teams who provide quality advice to their clients," Downey said on LinkedIn. "I have said publicly many times ...

New advice compliance solution launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... not monetise the data it collects, he said, with all client feedback remaining confidential to the user. Brokers and advisers should not see feedback as a business opportunity in itself, McHale said. The system does create benchmarks though, so users ...

Fintech acquires licensee

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... the licensee will now become a wholly owned subsidiary of PictureWealth. As at March 31, NEO was home to 83 financial advisers. NEO managing director Mark Edman will move into the group chief operating officer role. "This acquisition allows a unified ...

Super fund members compensated

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
Members of a retail superannuation offering have been remediated close to $3 million after financial advisers failed to comply with legislation that would have seen them transferred to a lower cost MySuper offering in 2017. More than 1266 smartMonday ...

Calls to investigate treatment of AMP advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
ASIC has come under pressure from a Senator to look into AMP's treatment of financial advisers, including reducing the value of its Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) agreements. Labor senator for NSW Deborah O'Neill has written to ASIC chair James Shipton ...

FPA, TPB to share information

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... "The FPA has built a strong and close working relationship with the TPB over the past eight years as tax (financial) advisers have integrated into the TPB and we have seen the benefits of a regulator whose primary focus is on the relationship between ...

FASEA provides CPD relief

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 25 JUN 2020
Following requests from financial advisers, FASEA has provided relief from compliance with its continuous professional development (CPD) requirements. FASEA will now grant advisers an extra three months to meet its 40 hour CPD requirement. "FASEA recognises ...

ASIC refuses just 3% of AFSL relief applications

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2020
... highlighted one case where ASIC chose to decline relief, when two entities of a corporate group sought relief to allow advisers of a licensee to continue providing advice after their transfer to an unlicensed entity. Thanks to trust arrangements, the ...

HLB appoints chair

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... strategy and growth initiatives across the region. HLB is a global network of independent accounting firms and business advisers, with member firms in 158 countries (including HLB Mann Judd in Australia). Henderson has been with HLB Mann Judd and its ...

Managed accounts demand rises: Zenith

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 23 JUN 2020
... series of income and growth focused portfolios, in addition to ESG solutions. Additionally, Perth-based group Boutique Advisers partnered with Zenith to develop portfolio solutions that further supported the existing investment philosophy for their clients ...