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Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... within the industry to make things change." Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall proposed "a hybrid model where the profession itself deals with everything that has to do with professional standards so ASIC can focus on the ...

ASIC eyes fee for service funding model

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... collects only $3.7 million in registry fees from AFS licensees, approximately 3.5% of the cost of regulation. ASIC proposed a hybrid model based on a fee for service, but where "all costs not recovered by fees would be aggregated at the stakeholder-group ...

Legg Mason hires sales director from JPM

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... of sales. Based in Melbourne, Taylor will promote Legg Mason's products and affiliate fund managers under Legg Mason's hybrid distribution structure that encompasses both institutional and retail segments of the market. The group said the appointment ...

SPAA and Macquarie to investigate SMSFs

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... work in the industry that firms are approaching this in quite different ways," Penn said. "Some businesses are developing hybrid models, while others are taking a more organic approach. Whatever path they choose, this survey aims to provide practical ...

XPLAN named top planning application

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... the seven years of the Investment Trends Planning Software Report. Coin and AdviserNETgain followed XPLAN. The top rated hybrid planning/platform integrated planning application was AdviserNETgain/Asgard. Provisio was surveyed as the best superannuation ...

LGS to white label MetLife's latest offering

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAR 2014
... are quite small. It's not as if the product will allow you to take 10% of your capital a year." He called the product a 'hybrid annuity'. "It's underwritten by MetLife, so they take the longevity risk. As with an annuity, they control the investment ...

AIA pays advisers to move to hybrid commission

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2014
AIA Australia will pay advisers who move to a hybrid commission model, despite the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) concerns on inappropriate insurance switching. The insurer said that a hybrid structure could increase the value ...

ASIC sets its sights on hybrid securities

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2014
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has released a new hybrid securities education guide aimed at retail investors. Published on the regulator's MoneySmart website, the guide is intended to help investors understand the risks ...

Guardian lowers PI insurance premiums for planners

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2014
... and development beyond mandatory requirements for advisers; building sustainable revenue streams, including the use of hybrid & level commission structures for Life Insurance; leveraging compliance as a business enabler rather than a chore and commitment ...

AllianceBernstein targets retirees with high yield fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2013
... that annuity and term-deposit rates have fallen in the recent years, with investors now looking into franked equities and hybrid debt-equity securities to secure better income returns. "Neither of these, however, is ideal for retirement income investing ...