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FASEA chief to provide update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... guidance, which was released in October. Earlier this week, ASIC announced it will not be monitoring or enforcing individual advisers' compliance with the code. Under the Corporations Act 2001, ASIC does not have a role as a code monitoring body and ...

New social network for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
A new peer-to-peer online forum for financial planners has launched in response to the need for community in a period of immense change for the profession. Introduced by the Financial Planning Association of Australia at the 2019 FPA Congress, the FPA ...

Active fixed income funds review fees

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
Fund managers of active fixed income strategies are rethinking their pricing as financial advisers and institutional investors drive a harder bargain in a lower-returning world, and new retail opportunities beckon. Several fixed interest giants, including ...

Perpetual expands risk advisory capabilities

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... segments." Smith said Perpetual is focused on accelerating growth through attracting high quality and strategically aligned advisers, with 15 new advisers set to join the business in FY20. "Priority Life fits well with our integrated professional services ...

Advice associations welcome ASIC stance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
Australia's peak financial planning bodies have welcomed ASIC's stance on the Financial Planners and Advisers code of ethics, however remain concerned about the workability of certain standards. In separate statements, both the Financial Planning Association ...

ASIC outlines Code of Ethics expectations

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... expects of advice licensees in regards to enforcing the Code of Ethics, saying it will not monitor or enforce individual advisers' compliance. The regulator said under the Corporations Act it does not have a role as a code monitoring body and is specifically ...

BetaShares to list new diversified ETFs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 NOV 2019
... investors who are looking for a low-cost solution for the core of their portfolios," Vynokur said. BetaShares said financial advisers will benefit from the funds' ability to streamline the process of managing client portfolios. "For advisers, our diversified ...

AIST finds issues with FASEA code

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2019
... account a client's broader and long-term future circumstances." She expressed concern that Standard 2, which states that advisers must act in a client's best interests and take into account the client's broader, long-term interests would significantly ...

Dover, McMaster found guilty

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
The Federal Court has found Dover Financial Advisers and Terry McMaster guilty in the case brought against them by ASIC. In a judgement handed down on Friday, Dover Financial Advisers and Terry McMaster have been found guilty of false, misleading and ...

Politician urges Treasurer to protect advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... Steggall has written to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg to ask him to consider how regulatory changes are impacting financial advisers, requesting an extension to education reforms. Steggall wrote that a number of regulatory changes made in recent years are ...