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Wealth Enhancers departs Synchron, goes independent

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
Generation Y-targeted advice firm Wealth Enhancers has set up its own Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL). Wealth Enhancers was previously aligned with Synchron. According to Wealth Enhancers financial coach Rebecca Boles, the decision to go ...

Macquarie pays $11m advice compensation so far

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
Macquarie Group's comprehensive advice remediation program has paid $11 million to disgruntled advice clients a year after it was put in place. Documents made public by the group prior to the annual general meeting today reveal that, to 30 June 2015 ...

IFAs to benefit from ASIC SME focus

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer has highlighted the regulator's expanding role in the SME registration space. Speaking at the National Council of Small Business Australia Conference in Sydney, Tanzer noted that small businesses, with fewer than 20 employees ...

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
Advisers should master digital communications channels before they lose business to other industries, according to Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking in Sydney at the launch of the AFA/Zurich/Beddoes Institute white ...

ASIC bans former risk adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
ASIC has banned a life insurance adviser from former Macquarie Group subsidiary Risk Advice Specialists. Risk Advice Specialists, which described itself as "100% backed by Macquarie," was a boutique risk-focused dealer group established in 2012. It ...

ASIC reviews One Big Switch, bans adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2015
A report to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) identifies that One Big Switch contained potentially false and misleading statements in recent insurance campaigns. Appointed by ASIC to review One Big Switch's compliance with ...

Executive appointment round-up

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
The biggest industry moves this week include John Waller retiring as a National Australia Bank board member and Standard Life chief executive David Nish stepping down after six years in the role. Qantas Super chief executive to retire - Jane Perry will ...

Former FPA chair to leave Hood Sweeney

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JUN 2015
After six years as managing director of South Australian financial services firm Hood Sweeney, Matthew Rowe recently announced he would not seek re-appointment in the position. A former Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) chair, Rowe will ...

Investment Manager Regime passes through Parliament

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2015
The Investment Manager Regime (IMR) legislation, aimed at removing tax uncertainty for foreign investors when using Australia-based fund managers, was passed through Parliament last night. The legislation was recommended by Mark Johnson in his 2009 ...

Australia lagging in Asia-Pacific financial relationships

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2015
Although the Asia-Pacific region represents about two-thirds of Australia's global trading relationships, the region accounts for less than one-third of Australia's financial relationships. This is one of the findings in a Finsia-sponsored report by ...