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SMSF Association partners with Morgans to raise standards

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2016
The SMSF Association has formed a new partnership with stockbroking and wealth management firm Morgans Financial to improve professional standards in the SMSF sector. The association and Morgans have committed to work together to provide a range of ...

ASIC accepts EU of former adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2016
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking (EU) of former Victorian financial adviser and authorised representative of the Synchron dealer group, Michael Melamed. The EU follows concerns from ASIC that Melamed's advice about life insurance, during ...

Praemium partners national advice firm

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2016
Praemium has launched a new managed account solution for a national dealer group. The partnership with Futuro makes Praemium's SMA technology available through the dealer group's subsidiary Sterling Managed Investments. It enables Futuro advisers and ...

Wealth management left out of data discussion

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 15 APR 2016
... come from the retail super funds. Yet the data feeds are generally only available through an AFSL or an authorised representative. "There are whole chunks of data missing in this space. Industry funds have been very reticent to open data feeds to external ...

HUB24 signs white label deal with Lifespan

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 14 MAR 2016
HUB24 has announced a white label partnership with Lifespan Financial Planning. The agreement means HUB24 will now provide investment administration and managed portfolio services for the $1.5 billion advice network, which employs 140 authorised representatives ...

Perpetual Private partners law firm to help accountants with AFSLs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... accountants to determine their licensing path, some may feel the only option they can take is to turn to the authorised representative model. This is not the case." Cowell Clarke partner Catherine Evans added: "This partnership will allow us to work ...

ASIC cracks down on "independent" AFSLs

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2016
... provision of financial services and advice." Citywide, meanwhile, can receive commission remuneration as an authorised representative of Suncorp. "The independence of financial system gatekeepers such as financial advisers is an important issue for consumers ...

ASIC bans NAB-aligned adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 15 DEC 2015
A financial adviser linked with National Australia Bank (NAB) owned Meritum Financial Group has been banned for six years by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). NAB has welcomed ASIC's action against Mark Tidbury after the bank ...

Accountants slow to take up limited AFSL

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... Private. Perpetual research found that 72% have yet to start their licence application, whether it's for an authorised representative licence or an independent one. This is in line with ASIC's announcement in November that the regulator had only received ...

HNW advice group faces licence conditions

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2015
A financial planning dealer group focusing on high net worth investors is facing having conditions placed on its licence by ASIC following serious breach incidents. Morgans Financial representatives were monitored by ASIC, which identified "a number ...