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ASIC takes Westpac to court

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 DEC 2016
... laws in the Corporations Act. In response, BTFG rejected ASIC's interpretation of what constitutes general and personal advice, saying it will vigorously approach the action brought against it. In a statement, the institution said: "BTFG believes it ...

Link launches online super advice tool

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 10 NOV 2016
... list, goal setting and education, four topics of advice and real time tracking of progress to empower members with personal advice to set a retirement goal. Chief executive of fund administration at Link, Suzanne Holden said advice works best when integrated ...

Advisers to foot $24m bill

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... recovered through levies on the financial advice sector. Of the $24m, 92% or $22m is expected to be recovered from personal advice providers on Tier 1 products, $0.9m (4%) from personal advice providers on Tier 2 products, $0.8m (3%) from general advice ...

Client needs to drive transitioning businesses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2016
... of Advice," said Bignill. Under the revisions made to RG179, any advice provided in respect of an MDA must be personal advice and that all annual reviews must be accompanied by a record of advice and may require a statement of advice. Compliant with ...

ASIC cancels AFSL, bans responsible managers

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... making misleading or deceptive statements in relation to a financial product or a financial service; providing personal advice to clients when they were only licensed to provide general advice; failing to notify ASIC of significant breaches within 10 ...

Former Westpac exec joins YBR

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2016
... end business of wealth management. This includes primary responsibility for our AFSL and the general advice and personal advice offers we have within the business," YBR executive chairman Mark Bouris said. Youkhana said it is a pleasure to be leading ...

New Spring FG SMSF platform opens

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2016
... FG said mysuper247 trustees and members would have access to both one-off scaled-advice and one-off or ongoing personal advice and recommendations. "Whether seeking specific advice on insurance or portfolio construction, or more strategic advice on matters ...

ASIC issues first "best interests" duty penalty

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2016
... showing that the reforms have come of age. NSG Services, formerly National Sterling Group, is licensed to provide personal advice on risk insurance and superannuation products. In a statement, ASIC said the dealer group "failed to take reasonable steps ...

Gen X and Y not looking to robo advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... recognise the value of face-to-face financial advice. "While $250 may be far off the mark in terms of the true cost of personal advice, this presents an opportunity for advisers to educate and take these younger Australians on a journey, demonstrating ...

ASIC's robo-advice taskforce to monitor AFSLs

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 28 SEP 2015
... that their service or digital interaction with clients does not create the impression that they are providing personal advice.

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FCA pursues Neil Woodford again

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