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ASIC forces iPlan to hire compliance expert

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUN 2011
... a reasonable basis for any product recommendations." ASIC will monitor iPlan's compliance for 26 months, with the independent compliance expert reporting to iPlan and ASIC and providing recommendations that iPlan must implement. iPlan will reimburse ...

Industry funds, independent platforms stand up for FOFA reforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
Opponents of elements of the Future of Financial Advice have come in for a drubbing from key figures in the financial services industry in the wake of intense lobbying of the independents by financial planners. Financial advisers were instructed by ...

Energy Super joins $50bn admin platform

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAY 2011
Newly merged Energy Super has joined the Independent Fund Administrators and Advisers (IFAA) Acurity administration platform, which boasts QSuper, Telstra Super, and UniSuper as clients. Acurity, which now manages over 2.5 million superannuation members ...

Advisers aim for independents over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAY 2011
Financial planners on the warpath over Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms were given a crash course in political lobbying today by Shadow Minister for Financial Services Senator Mathias Cormann, who told them to target the independents. Speaking ...

Midwinter takes on Coin, Xplan

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2011
... data feed up for them so they don't need that technical/IT expertise anymore as we would do all that for them." The independent developer wants to build itself up in this field after earning the top spot in Investment Trends 2010 Planner Technology Report ...

Planners react badly to FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 6 MAY 2011
... reforms, anticipating less pay for more work - and would pass costs on to clients, research firm CoreData has found. The independent research canvassed the views of 358 advisers in an online survey held from April 29 to May 4, covering the industry's ...

Count morphs into super entity with new AFSL

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAY 2011
... Services (IDPS) operator and Responsible Superannuation Entity (RSE) in respect of its strategic platform offerings. The independent dealer group said the cut of volume related payments through to licensees and financial advisers had opened up payments ...

Swan names new ASIC, ACCC heads

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2011
... become the next chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). Sims is currently chair of the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal of New South Wales, councilor of the National Competition Council, expert adviser to the ...

IOOF raises advice stakes

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 2 MAY 2011
... general manager, distribution, IOOF. The news follows last weeks appointment of a new head of sales to target the independent financial adviser market. Patron will retain its operational independence, management team and directors with the acquisition ...

AustralianSuper new player in advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Reddacliff, adding that this complete fee model is providing opportunities and growth in the fee market. It is not only the independent financial adviser market that is of concern, with the retail super fund market also now having to potentially compete ...