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One regulatory regime enough: FSC

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... Commissioner Kenneth Hayne in its call for a "significant" simplification of the regulatory system for tax and financial advisers. In a submission to the independent review of the Tax Practitioner's Board and Tax Agents Service Act 2009, the FSC called ...

AMP advisers prepare for battle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... intend to hold AMP accountable for the "severe financial, reputational and psychological harm it is inflicting on its own advisers". "AMP is on the record saying it is trying to right some of the wrongs of the past - it cannot right wrongs by doing the ...

Expert hopeful ASIC understands MDA benefits

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... point of discussion during a panel session at Financial Standard's recent Managed Account Forum. Asking Philo Capital Advisers chief executive Brett Sanders about the future of MDAs, panel moderator and BT Open head of distribution Christopher Mather ...

Vanguard hires PM Capital sales director

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... joined PM Capital in 2017 as a sales director, taking responsibility for distributing the boutique's strategies to advisers, dealer groups, private and institutional clients in Queensland region. The role expanded to include New South Wales. Noone's ...

The end of grandfathered commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... legislation will see the banning of grandfathered commissions from 1 January 2021. Responding, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has argued thousands of clients will be worse off without grandfathered commissions and a three-year transition ...

Vanguard launches three new active funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... offering over time. "We definitely have plans to expand the lineup in future as we see demand from our investors, including advisers," he said. He said Vanguard was seeing demand for global equities strategies from Australian advisers but hadn't ...

AFCA ombudsman addresses adviser concerns

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... Additionally, Singh said the issue of missing records is one of the biggest questions they've had; under licensing requirements, advisers are only required to keep records for seven years, meaning many won't have records for cases that now fall under ...

Suitability of managed accounts grows

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... Forum in Sydney this morning, Netwealth head of managed investment products James Mantella told the crowd of financial advisers that the growth in managed accounts wasn't only due to their well publicised efficiency benefits. "Everyone's heard of the ...

Zurich launches new SMA

KRISTI CHENG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... which will be available on the HUB24 platform. The Zurich Investments Global Growth Opportunities SMA offers financial advisers the opportunity to invest in a high conviction growth strategy of up to 22 global securities, which will be selected and managed ...

Priced out: Advice affordability at risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... the Royal Commission last year stated: "Many of the recent and ongoing reforms designed to lift conduct standards for advisers are likely to also increase the direct cost to consumers." "There is reason to question whether viable business models will ...