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SSGA slashes ETF fee

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
... "With STW included as one component of our risk-based ETF model portfolios, we believe this change also means financial advisers can more cost effectively access State Street's institutional asset management expertise, offering clients growth, while ...

FSC calls for CSLR claims cap

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... argued that the CSLR scheme be funded by the specific sectors responsible for this unpaid compensation, for example, that advisers fund unpaid financial advice determinations. "With most of the historical unpaid determinations arising from poorly capitalised ...

Macquarie quietly rolls out low-cost platform menu

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
Macquarie recently launched a new low-cost investment menu to its Wrap platform, designed to help financial advisers provide high-quality investment options to clients with simpler investment needs. Macquarie's multi-year effort to reset its platform ...

Pengana makes executive hire

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... firm's international equities investment team to build and enhance relationships with researchers, consultants, financial advisers and institutional investors. Pengana International Equities chief investment officer and portfolio manager, Jordan Cvetanovski ...

Advisers choose remediation over advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2020
... financial institutions, industry superannuation funds and dealer groups. He recently took to LinkedIn to call for financial advisers looking for a role in advice to get in touch with him, even giving out his phone number. Gordon was prompted to go public ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... Representatives. The Treasury Laws Amendment (2019 Measures No.3) Bill amends the Corporations Act so that financial advisers will have more time to pass the FASEA exam and meet FASEA's education requirements. Now that the bill has passed in the House ...

De Ferrari unaware of legal action

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... members later this month. AMPFPA chief executive Neil Macdonald told Financial Standard law firm Corrs has been speaking to advisers who have expressed interest in quantifying their losses and he believes the process will move quickly. In addition, Shine ...

Tough times continue for AMP

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
Despite a $2.5 billion shortfall and losing 444 advisers, AMP's board has approved an 80% increase to chief executive Francesco De Ferrari's remuneration. It has also announced the resignation of its chief risk officer. The country's largest wealth ...

AMPFPA action progresses, associations merge

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... anticipating a class action to be filed on behalf of its members later this month, as it gears up to merge with the Hillross Advisers Association. Speaking to Financial Standard, AMPFPA chief executive Neil Macdonald said the filing of the action was ...

AMP faces fresh class action

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
AMP is facing a fresh class action, as Shine Lawyers confirms it is investigating whether the firm's financial advisers breached their fiduciary and statutory duties to an estimated 100,000 clients. Shine Lawyers alleges the beleaguered firm failed ...