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Why remediation jobs aren't short-term

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
The woman who ran BT Financial Group's advice remediation program has revealed what financial advisers need to know about remediation, and why some of the banks may make their remediation teams permanent. Melissa Bogg was program director and head ...

Positives from the pandemic for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP), the COVID-19 pandemic may be producing some positives for financial advisers. In a letter to AIOFP members, executive director Peter Johnston wrote that despite all the doom and gloom around the coronavirus ...

Former ANZ adviser banned

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... the client's existing products to meet their ongoing insurance needs," ASIC said. The regulator stressed that financial advisers have a legal obligation to act in the best interests of their clients when providing personal advice. "This includes taking ...

US senators in alleged COVID-19 insider trading

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
... focused on teleworking software. Sprecher and Loeffler have made clear the transactions were executed by their financial advisers without Sprecher's or Loeffler's input or direction, it said. Loeffler later told CNBC she was confident they had followed ...

AFSL suspended by ASIC

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2020
A Queensland-based financial services provider has had its AFS licence suspended, impacting close to 20 financial advisers. ASIC has suspended the AFS licence of Longhou Capital Markets for three months, expiring June 12 this year. It follows the appointment ...

Mirae appoints wholesale distribution lead

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... its wholesale distribution in Australia. Tim Reimers has joined in the Sydney-based role and will work with financial advisers, as Mirae does a hard launch of its strategies to the wholesale channel. Mirae has been in Australia for about five years and ...

FASEA exam to go online

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has cancelled the scheduled April adviser exam, with advisers set to take it online as the COVID-19 pandemic rolls on. FASEA has been forced to cancel its April face-to-face exams. Recognising the ...

HUB24 wins $1b mandate

ALLY SELBY  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2020
... managing director Simon Swanson said the move would help simplify the business and offer a differentiated solution to advisers. "This is an exciting strategic partnership for ClearView," he said. "We are committed to delivering a high-quality, differentiated ...

Coronavirus puts rocket under shorting ETFs

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... $100 million every day in these ETFs. BBOZ has done $95.7 million today." He said the primary users have been financial advisers, especially with retiree and pre-retiree clients and some institutional investors. BetaShares also has a suite of three managed-risk ...

Iress swoops on UK pension researcher

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2020
... software that is a strategic addition to our advice software Xplan," Walsh said. "Integrating O&M into Xplan will provide advisers with a powerful, combined advice and research solution." All of O&M's existing team will join Iress, including managing ...