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Research explores advice industry's maturation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... advisers now show significant confidence in their ability to navigate ethical areas and can rely on their code of ethics to determine conduct as a basis for navigation and decision making," Neilson said. He said that the introduction of mandated ethical ...

Dixon Advisory pays $7m for poor advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
Dixon Advisory will pay $7.2 million for providing inappropriate advice and not meeting client best interests obligations. The Federal Court found that six Dixon Advisory representatives did not act in the best interests of eight clients on 53 occasions. ...

Will listed infrastructure protect portfolios during market downturn?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 15 SEP 2022
Recently, infrastructure has proven more resilient than global equities, however, when markets take a downturn it's not certain that alone will protect portfolios. Morningstar research shows that infrastructure has not been immune from market falls ...

Kate Farrar's top tips when merging

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... the end of the year, with those to carry on having been determined upfront. It's also up to the merged board to determine success measures, and to lay down organizational design principles, such as no redundancies for the first 18 months, for example. ...

FS Power50: Last day to vote

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
... This was whittled down to a shortlist of 115. So far, the list has attracted more than 7500 votes. Your vote will help determine who will make this year's final 50. Financial Standard defines 'influential' as individuals who have been and ...

Insurers are 'fishing' for non-disclosures: ASIC

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 SEP 2022
An ASIC review of individual disability income insurance claims has determined that more work is needed by insurers to ensure customers are protected from unfair practices. ASIC has longstanding concerns about the potential consumer harm resulting from ...

Perth Mint faces AUSTRAC probe

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... concerns leading to the need to appoint the auditor at Gold Corporation's expense. The outcome of the audit will determine whether AUSTRAC will take any further action. The audit will cover the entity's requirement to have an AML/CTF program ...

Focus on providing 'good advice': QAR draft proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... of the products issued by a product issuer. Levy highlighted that the providers of personal advice should be able to determine what form of advice would best suit their clients and to maintain complete records of advice provided. They would only need ...

ASIC tells super trustees to improve TMDs

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... industry, minimum investment balance for retirement products, and insurance needs make it easier for distributors to determine who products are appropriate for, ASIC said. However, some others used descriptions of consumer classes that were too broad ...

A strong super system cushions the economy: ISA

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2022
... comments, at an event where the report was launched, ISA senior policy adviser Tina Samardzija said: "We were able to determine that in 2020 as Covid first hit Australia, we saw industry funds support Australian companies to raise equity." Evidently ...