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RI Advice slapped with $6m penalty

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... Advice between May 2013 and June 2016. Doyle and RI Advice were closely examined at the Hayne Royal Commission as a case study in "bad advice".

FPA calls for stronger experience pathway

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... in gaining professional status at risk. Some 83% of FPA members have already met or are currently undertaking mandatory study set by the now-defunct FASEA. "These members have let us know in no uncertain terms that they feel the proposal undermines the ...

New study on precious metal hedge

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 4 FEB 2022
... What precious metals are most desirable for investment? These are the closely linked questions we wanted to explore in this study," Yoon said. The researchers analysed the relationship between the returns of nine precious metals: gold, silver, palladium ...

AFA opposes clean record requirement

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... two subjects credited. Therefore, they would only need to complete the Code of Ethics subject and the Legal Obligations study, the AFA said. There would be different requirements for advisers with more than 10 years' experience and those with more than ...

Consumer advocates criticise advice review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
... incentives, appear to have been totally forgotten." For example, Consumer Action Law Centre pointed to the Freedom Insurance case study, in which the company admitted to the Royal Commission that its sales incentives to staff - including commissions ...

Financial services vulnerable to insider cybersecurity threats

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 JAN 2022
A new study on the prevalence of insider cybersecurity threats, commissioned by Proofpoint to the Ponemon Institute, has revealed just how much insider attacks are costing financial services firms. The international study found that insider threats ...

Insto investors tempted by crypto

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2022
A new study shows close to 80% of institutional investors and wealth managers are now looking favourably upon cryptocurrencies, citing strong capital growth and diversification benefits. Commissioned by digital assets hedge fund manager Nickel Digital ...

Shoddy exam feedback fuels adviser stress

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 DEC 2021
... and fails to help them stay in the industry. As the failure rate continues to balloon, advisers making genuine attempts to study and pass the exam are being let down by FASEA's shoddy feedback process, which was only recently made available. Fifty-eight ...

Aussies less confident about retirement age

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 DEC 2021
Australians are less optimistic about retiring at their desired age compared to their global counterparts, a new study shows. The latest Global Defined Contribution Participant Survey by MFS Investment Management of 4000 respondents found that only ...

AIOFP blasts 'elitist' young advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 13 DEC 2021
... whether their unfortunate attitude may change". He argued that risk advisers would be unfairly disadvantaged by having to study courses that cover broader financial concepts than what they offer advice on professionally. "However, many believe the original ...