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Nominees await top AFA honours

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Standout financial advisers will be recognised with the presenting of the Association of Financial Advisers' annual suite of awards. The Adviser of the Year, Rising Star of the Year, Female Excellence in Advice and the Excellence in Education award ...

No extension to FASEA deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... extension to the FASEA deadline but has assured the industry the government is not looking to force experienced financial advisers out. Appearing at the Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference in Adelaide, Senator Hume said the Morrison ...

Beware adviser conflicts of interest: Lonsec

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Managed accounts have the potential to create significant conflicts of interest and conflicted remuneration for advisers. According to Rainmaker data, 29% of the investment platform market in Australia is in managed accounts already and that number ...

ASIC bans financial adviser

KRISTI CHENG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... clients a Statement of Advice. Commissioner Danielle Press said ASIC's decision reflects its expectation that financial advisers comply with the law and act in their client's best interests and not their own. "Assessing client needs and providing a clear ...

ASIC clamps down on poor advice, grandfathered commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... advice in this area. Additionally, the regulator said it will support measures to improve the professionalism of financial advisers and target the potential misconduct and harms to consumers that may arise from the industry's shift towards general advice ...

Advisers band together: AFA Conference 2019 kicks off

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
With so much tension and uncertainty in the financial advice sector today, the Association of Financial Advisers is making it clear to financial advisers they are not alone. Speaking to Financial Standard ahead of the 2019 Association of Financial Advisers' ...

CFP coursework approved

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... Association of Australia (FPA) has had its application for recognition of CFP coursework approved by FASEA. Any financial advisers who completed Certified Financial Planning (CFP) 1-4 program coursework to obtain the FPA CFP designation between 1 July ...

MLC Wealth hunts new talent

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... implemented in the coming months. MLC Wealth announced on August 15 it would be bringing together all of its employed advisers under the MLC Advice brand and consolidating its aligned dealer groups. Godfrey Pembroke will operate for high-net-worth clients ...

LIC announces board changes

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... non-executive director effective 30 August 2019. Roles was most recently chief operating officer of Mosaic Portfolio Advisers for over nine years. He was previously group executive of customer solutions for ASX-listed firm Snowball Group, which owned ...

Down but not out: Top advisers adapt

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... Adviser Register (FAR) paint a telling picture of the state of Australia's financial advice sector, with close to 3000 advisers dropping out of the industry since February. According to Rainmaker analysis, the official number of active advisers has now ...