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FASEA releases professional year guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority released its guidance on the professional year that all new advisers will be required to complete from 1 January 2019. FASEA proposes the professional year be designed to ensure the practical learning ...

PPS Mutual creates state manager role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
PPS Mutual created a new state leadership role that will work closely with financial advisers in the region. Sabrina Sequeira-Walmsley takes on the new role of NSW state manager after working as national partnership manager at the Association of Financial ...

Super under microscope at Royal Commission

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... Commission, beginning August 6, will focus on superannuation fund governance; the relationship between trustees, financial advisers and selling practices; indigenous issues; and regulator effectiveness. At the most recent Royal Commission public hearings ...

Three attempts at adviser exam is fair: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
Three attempts to pass the Financial Adviser Examination is welcomed by Financial Standard readers, the publication's latest spot poll shows. Overall, the exam's content, structure and 65% scaled pass score as proposed by the Financial Adviser ...

BTFG flags platform overhaul

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... charged per annum. BTFG added existing customers could elect to access the new pricing structure. BT confirmed that should advisers and their clients wish to access it, a new administration fee structure will also be available on the BT Wrap and Asgard ...

Pressure mounts on regional advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
... fallout from the Royal Commission continues. An analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows 4700 financial advisers are operating outside of Australia's capital cities. This number represents about 25% of the country's total advisers ...

Deductible super contributions front of mind: BTFG

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... contributions have increased. According to BT Financial Advice's (BTFA) technical team, the top query from financial advisers in the June quarter was about deductible personal superannuation contributions. With Australians now able to contribute up to ...

Macrovue appoints ANZ Wealth executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... They span 20 global markets and nine currencies. It is targeting direct investors including SMSFs trustees as well as advisers. Shareholders in the company include AMP New Ventures, the Inception Growth Opportunity Fund, h2 Ventures and InvestSmart. ...

AMP dumps Horizons program

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... has scrapped its Horizons program, replacing it with a new, FASEA-compliant education and training course for financial advisers. Open to those with a degree approved by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority, the new Adviser Pathways program ...

HUB24 introduces low-cost product

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2018
... likely accelerate the shift away from large institutional platforms. It is currently working with institutionally aligned advisers to meet the best interests of their clients by providing alternative platform solutions. With three of the four major banks ...