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More calls for Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015

... was asked about why he never reported alleged wrongdoings to ASIC. When Kelaher faced the Senate inquiry into financial advice he said claims of widespread wrongdoing at IOOF had no basis in fact. Other IOOF representatives have agreed to front the inquiry ...

SMSFs gear up for advice

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 13 JUL 2015

... nabtrade and the SMSF Association. The research says about 53% of SMSF trustees are more likely to be receiving financial advice than non-trustees (about 30%). Illustrating the value of financial advice, about 72% of advised trustees are confident of ...

ASIC bans former risk adviser

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015

... the dealer group and five associated advisers would be transitioning to other licensees outside of Macquarie's financial advice business. Brian Farber provided life insurance advice at the dealer group from December 2011 to May 2015, and was subsequently ...

Advice demand up as direct investment grows

LAURA MILLAN | WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015

A growing number of direct investors will drive an increase in demand for financial advice, the latest ASX Share Ownership Study revealed. The study showed that Australians continue to be among the world's largest share owners, with 36% or 6.48 million ...

Claims of wrongdoing have no basis: IOOF

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015

... customers of its authorised financial planners during the past two years. The Senate Economics Committee Scrutiny of Financial Advice inquiry continues and the Committee is expected to keep looking at allegations regarding IOOF.

Decimal and P&N announce advice partnership

ALEX BURKE | TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015

... customers. This is Decimal's first partnership with a mutual bank and forms part of P&N's strategy to broaden its financial advice offering to its 100,000 members. P&N customers will now have access to Decimal's white label platform, which offers cloud-based ...

NAB Wealth appoints head of partnerships

LAURA MILLAN | MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015

... financial planning licensees, will now work on improving NAB's understanding of customer needs and attitudes towards financial advice. Meade will report to NAB Wealth advice partnerships general manager Ross Barnwell. "The shape of the advice industry ...

Fiducian acquires Chatswood advice firm

ALEX BURKE | MONDAY, 6 JUL 2015

... valuable addition to the existing Fiducian network which has similar views on providing value-added holistic financial advice." He added: "A lot of operational activity has occurred to ensure a smooth transition for the quality financial planners joining ...

Aged care advice enquiries skyrocket

ALEX BURKE | FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015

... confused and enquiries to advisers have "skyrocketed" recently, Australian Unity Personal Financial Services head of financial advice Craig Meldrum said. Speaking to Financial Standard, Meldrum said that since July last year, "the amount of aged care ...

AMP practices embrace PractiFI platform

ALEX BURKE | THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015

Several AMP practices, including PFG Financial Services, are adopting cloud-based financial advice business administration platform PractiFI. PractiFI aims to integrate CRM, registry, policy administration, and telephony systems for financial advice ...

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Federal Court lifts Merhi's travel ban

KARREN VERGARA

Former financial adviser Ferras Merhi is now free to travel as the Federal Court lifted travel restraint orders imposed one year ago.

Hostplus delivers double-digit FY26 returns

RIDDHIMA TALWANI

Hostplus Balanced (MySuper) option delivered members 10.8% for the financial year 2025-26, while the Indexed Balanced option and the High Growth option returned members 11.06% and 12.61% respectively.

ASIC levy estimates jump 19% as regulator ramps up funding

VINNY VUCAGO

ASIC has lifted its estimated industry funding levy by almost 20% for 2025-26, with regulated entities expected to shoulder $400.5 million in regulatory costs as the corporate watchdog expands its supervision and enforcement activities.

GQG bleeds over US$7bn in FUM in June

MATTHEW WAI

Despite recording positive investment performance, GQG Partners observed a significant outflow, with net outflows of $4.62 billion recorded in the month of June, as FUM slipped to $225 billion at June end, compared to $235.5 billion in the month prior.

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