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Super needs greater oversight from APRA: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... corrective action if underperformance is identified, the report said. Financial Standard's spot poll this week asks if advisers are combining digital or robo solutions along with face-to-face advice to clients.

BT Financial Group expands SMSF capability

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... solution through a partnership with a leading software provider. By partnering with BGL Corporate Solutions, accountants and advisers now have access to two way data feeds from BT Panorama to BGL's Simple Fund 360. This provides a shared, automated daily ...

Melbourne advice firm cops historic $1 million fine

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... adequately addressed nor recommended changes implemented. Further, NSG's "commission only" remuneration model meant that advisers would be paid by way of commission for sales of personal risk insurance products and superannuation rollovers, representing ...

ANZ Wealth partners for mental health support

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... health and wellbeing, offering a highly personalised service in the comfort of their home." Kerr also called on financial advisers and their clients to provide feedback on the program so as to ensure the insurer can further improve its support to customers ...

Transfer balance cap reforms could hurt grieving SMSFs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... superannuation regime that has received little attention and the association is concerned that many SMSF members and their advisers are 'blissfully ignorant' of the impact of these changes regarding the payment of death benefits," Hogan said. According ...

Robo-advice raises alarm: ARRIA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 OCT 2017
... doesn't mean it is actually providing advice let alone the right advice, says the Association of Real Return Investment Advisers general manager Rebecca Jacques. "If you actually look at what robo is doing, it's a very good way of selling passive index ...

Forgery sees former NAB adviser sentenced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... corporate regulator, with ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell saying at the time that the action should serve as a lesson to any advisers committing brazen misconduct. Commenting on the court's outcome, Kell said: "Consumers should be able to have trust and ...

AFA praises FASEA's 'sensible' first priority

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers believes the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's decision to first clarify the education pathway for new advisers is an encouraging first step by the board. The move by FASEA has been welcomed by ...

Advice industry compensation bill hits $37m

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... financially from bad advice, according to ASIC. The regulator completed 227 "high-intensity surveillances" of financial advisers and banned a total of 35 "bad apples", ASIC's annual report shows. ASIC also reviewed the claims handling practices of 15 ...

US recommends asset manager stress tests be removed

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 27 OCT 2017
... appropriate risk management in the asset management industry, it does not support prudential stress testing of investment advisers and investment companies as required by Dodd-Frank," its report said. The US is home to nine of the top 10 global asset ...