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Findex promotes new regional partners

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
Findex has appointed a total of 57 new partners and associate partners across Australia and New Zealand. The hires are an increase of almost 50% on the previous year, with most appointments coming from internal promotions. In all, 46 of them are in ...

ETF Securities launches fixed income options

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
ETF Securities is expanding its product range with the launch of a US Treasury Bond fund and a USD high-yield corporate bond fund. The new funds are the ETFS US Treasury Bond ETF and ETFS USD High Yield Bond ETF (both currency hedged). ETF Securities ...

More than 1700 advisers gone already

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 JUL 2022
As we officially hit the mid-way point of the year, the latest data from ASIC shows more than 1700 financial advisers have dropped off its register since January. Analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register shows there is now 16,413 financial advisers ...

July 1 super changes: Are you ready?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
As we celebrate the 30th birthday of the Superannuation Guarantee, the new financial year brings with it plenty of changes to super. Here's what you need to know. From tomorrow, significant changes to superannuation and its surrounding legislation ...

SMSF client education a concern: Report

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
SMSF advisers are calling for more educational content as concerns around client education mount, according to a new report. Investment Trends' 2022 SMSF Adviser and Accountant Report shows advisers want more educational content to assist them in servicing ...

Squirrel Super to pay over false property claims

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
More than 18 months after legal action was launched, Squirrel Super will pay $55,000 for claims made in marketing materials about investing in residential property. The SMSF administrator was found by the Federal Court to have distributed a brochure ...

Advice requirements confusing, complex: JAWG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
The Joint Associations Working Group has told the Quality of Advice Review to reduce compliance burdens and to enable the delivery of affordable, accessible advice to more consumers. In a statement, the collective of professional associations called ...

Former adviser wins appeal, convictions quashed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
A former adviser who was found guilty of fraud and sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2019 will have his case retried, having successfully argued there was a miscarriage of justice. Ben Jayaweera was a financial adviser and director of now-defunct Growth ...

Barred adviser breaches ASIC order

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 20 JUN 2022
Former Queensland financial adviser Lawrence Teledo has been convicted for breaching an ASIC banning order. Toledo has been fined $1500 after pleading guilty to three charges of breaching an ASIC banning order. In 2017, Toledo was banned from providing ...

Ord Minnett announces Perth office launch

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
Ord Minnett has announced its expansion into Western Australia with the launch of its first Perth office. After acquiring EL & C Baillieu in November 2020, the wealth management group said it was the combination of both businesses that strengthened ...