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MLC waives licensee fees, delays dealer group transitions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2020
... encourage advisers to commence transitioning from April 1 if they are able to do so, and we will continue to provide training and support for transitions on or after 1 April 2020," Lloyd said. For those advisers suffering financial stress or hardship ...

Early access nightmare for administrators

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 30 MAR 2020
... redeploy staff to manage the increase in calls and requests but noted that helpline and administration consultants require training to respond to members effectively.

Why remediation jobs aren't short-term

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... their skilled remediation resources," Bogg told Financial Standard. "I think this is in part due to the investment in training for often complex remediation specific work and the identification of more work in the pipeline as a result of the Royal Commission." ...

Advice complaints low: AFCA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
... volume of complaints meant the authority had to take on significant number of new staff, and faced some difficulties training the large volume of new employees up in a short time period. One of the issues AFCA is facing is in pursuing complaints against ...

Natural disaster support training to launch

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2020
TAL is preparing to launch a new training course to educate financial advisers in how to support clients suffering as a result of natural disasters. The life insurer will launch a new course through its Risk Academy training program to support clients ...

AMP to pay $5m for churn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... expect AMP to formulate a forward looking compliance plan in a bid to prevent rewriting conduct in the future and improve training and supervision of advisers. Acknowledging the court decision, AMP said: "While insurance rewriting was not a common practice ...

Sunsuper welcomes new board directors

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... Trustees, as well as the assistant secretary of the Australian Services Union and the chief executive of the Trade Union Training Authority. Throughout her career she has been an advocate for gender diversity in business, formerly chairing the ACTU Women's ...

ASIC claims to support robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... are receiving. "Natural persons who provide financial product advice to retail clients are required to meet the minimum training and competence standards for advisers in Australia," ASIC then said. "For digital advice licensees to meet the organisational ...

NULIS satisfies ASIC requirements

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 16 DEC 2019
... wrap super funds. The recommendations covered improvements to NULIS's governance and reporting lines, product redesign, training, risk management and management of conflicts of interest. The conditions were originally applied on NULIS after ASIC enquiries ...

Dealer group launches transition support service

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2019
... firms a suite of AFSL support services including compliance, practice management and responsible manager education and training. Additionally, the partnership will also facilitate new AFSL applications for businesses looking to transition to their own ...