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MLC Life appoints retail general manager

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
... In his most recent role, he was the general manager of advice partnerships with responsibility for leading MLC Advice licensees. "I am thrilled to be joining MLC Life Insurance. I've a long-standing admiration for this iconic Australian life insurer ...

Iress to deliver DDO solution

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
... three key features: TMD storage, a messaging solution to facilitate distributor and issuer contact and information for licensees and advisers by providing TMDs to them and their clients. "The breadth and interconnectedness of this regulation requires ...

IOOF to spend big on BOLR

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2021
... arrangement, $3 million lower adviser service fee revenue from Shadforth, and $9.9 million underlying losses from ex-ANZ advice licensees. It saved $4 million from cancellation of physical adviser conferences. The bulk of IOOF's advisers are under ...

Fund manager hires distribution director

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... wholesale markets Daniel Bullock and will be a key point of contact for GQG's network of wholesale asset consultants, licensees, private banks and independent wealth firms. At Vanguard, Naidu worked in business development for six years, responsible ...

ASIC zeroes in on bad SMSF advice, conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... The SMSFA in its response expressed concerns over the costly, lengthy process, as well as the fact that compliance of licensees takes priority over the needs of consumers. Press said many of these issues have been broadly consistent with the other submissions ...

Limited advice overdue for disruption

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... scaled advice. Forman said there is currently a lack of clarity around this "collectively charged model", seeing many licensees erring on the side of caution in terms of assisting members with areas like Centrelink entitlements and household income retirement ...

Count Financial expands national reach

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... clients. Ashton said the decision to join Count Financial came after a process commenced with as many as 10 different licensees shortlisted. "Changing licensees is a significant decision for any business, so we started with an open mind and spoke to ...

ASIC imposes licence conditions on Poynter Hargraves

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 FEB 2021
... responsible manager and appoint one or more responsible managers with the necessary skill and experience. "ASIC expects licensees to have robust controls in place for managing conflicts of interest and adequate audit processes to monitor and supervise ...

Sequoia completes acquisitions

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2021
... latest in a set of strategic plans for Sequoia. In November it announced its plans to increase its adviser numbers and licensees to adjust to the shifting landscape of the financial advice industry.

RSE trustee board composition evolving

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2021
In the last six years, independent directors have gone from holding 5.2% of the total board positions at RSE licensees to 10.7% of them as at June 2020, says new APRA data. The total directorships at responsible superannuation entity licensees shrunk ...