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Read the whole thing: FASEA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
In his first address to the financial advice industry, FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield urged advisers and stakeholders to ensure they read the authority's draft legislation in its entirety to avoid further confusion. Addressing the 2018 FPA ...

Antipodes Partners expands team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... and is hiring for other roles. Alison Savas is taking on the role of client portfolio manager and will interact with advisers and investors on technical enquiries about the investments. Savas was at Platinum for more than 11 years, during which she was ...

FASEA releases draft degree requirement legislation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority released its long awaited degree requirements for existing financial advisers and new entrants. FASEA has proposed the maximum requirement for an existing adviser be a graduate diploma of eight subjects ...

FASEA listens as advice industry combs blueprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... tweaks. However, it's clear the authority is listening to its advice industry constituents. The Association of Financial Advisers, the Financial Planning Association of Australia and the SMSF Association have all flagged FASEA's recognition of prior ...

AMP partners with Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... strengthen the investment expertise offered by AMP's advice licensees, by supporting research quality and insight to advisers, and through an involvement in portfolio and solution design, he added. Services to be provided by Morningstar include the provision ...

Comyn promises personal accountability

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
... service; and banks not transitioning away from commission-based structures. "Whilst we removed conflicted remuneration from advisers in July 2013, we have not removed [and] refunded the payments back to customers until 1 January 2019," he said.

ClearView launches new business, reshuffles executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... executive promotions coinciding with the launch of a new business offering back-office and compliance services to financial advisers. LaVista Licensee Solutions, a licensing service, will be led by Mike Pope as its chief executive. Pope was previously ...

Apologies are over: Royal Commission looks to future

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... of grandfathered commissions. "There was very strong support for ending grandfathered commission payments to financial advisers and from superannuation accounts," she said. Orr noted Australia's banks made moves towards reducing or eliminating the ...

Code of ethics still the main game: FPA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... said the industry had largely ignored that the Code of Ethics must be overseen by a code monitoring body, to which all advisers must be a signatory. "The Code of Ethics will change this industry into a profession," Marshan told the audience of technical ...

FASEA clarifies adviser exam rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... incorporating FASEA Code of Ethics and code monitoring bodies Releasing details of its revised standards framework for financial advisers, FASEA said about 800 submissions were received during the consultation process. "FASEA has taken time to listen ...