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ASIC approves AMP for MDAs

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
... them to deal in MDAs on regulated platforms. That transitionary period expired in 2018 and as such, AMP's advice business was required to seek a variation of its AFS license to comply with ASIC's updated position. The corporate regulator approved ...

Financial advice in 2030: What does it look like?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 APR 2019
If every one of the recommendations to come out of the Royal Commission and the Productivity Commission was implemented verbatim, by 2030 the financial advice industry would look very different. WealthDigital predicts Australia's financial advice ...

IOOF appoints head of advice governance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 5 APR 2019
... in its RI Advice group. IOOF advice general manager Darren Whereat said Flynn would add much to the firm's advice business. "We're very excited to have David join the team," he said. "With his deep understanding of the regulatory and professional ...

AMP overhauls wealth leadership

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 APR 2019
... discretionary account (MDA) services after which time ASIC conducted surveillance of AMPFP's MDA services and advice business. This involved on-site interviews with compliance personnel about processes and systems, and with advisers who provide MDA services ...

ClearView defends risk advice commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAR 2019
ClearView is countering Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's recommendation to reduce or eliminate commissions financial advisers earn from life insurance products. It is "way too early," ClearView wrote in an email to advisers, to consider tinkering with ...

Remediation to hit Westpac earnings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
... relation to ongoing advice service fees. Westpac said around half of the $260 million related to the financial advice business, while consumer and business banking accounted for the remainder. Key in the bank's remediation provisions is increased customer ...

Banks move to derisk, workforces shrink

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2019
Australian employment figures and economic outlook could take a hit as major banks move to derisk their businesses by hiving off wealth and financial advice businesses. Westpac has announced it is exiting personal financial advice. Commonwealth Bank ...

Link Group restructures, adds executives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2019
... client focused roles," Link Group said. In addition to his role at Mercer, McCammon is a former program director, advice business improvement at AMP and former global head of client services for AMP Capital.

Netwealth to benefit from RC fallout

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
... not negatively impact Netwealth's net revenue," the platform provider said. And given it no longer has an advice business, Netwealth said there were no residual liabilities it needed to be concerned about with advice, as others take stock of the ...

Adviser asked to cover regulator costs

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 18 FEB 2019
The Queensland Supreme Court has issued orders against a man who ran an unlicensed advice business and collected kickbacks on investment properties he recommended to his SMSF clients. Richard Gardner and Advanced Wealth Financial Services Pty Ltd (where ...