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Advice industry compresses

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 11 FEB 2020
... the financial advice industry in Australia is in a state of compression - as advisers leave in significant numbers and licensees are squeezed. The number of registered financial advisers decreased 15% last calendar year to reach 24,059. The significant ...

ANZ completes OnePath sale to IOOF

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... management of $26.8 billion. "The annualised pro forma financial performance of the P&I business and the ex-ANZ Aligned Licensees (ANZ Wealth Management), which are both now owned by IOOF, is estimated to be approximately $63 million per annum," IOOF ...

Ongoing fees, advice fees in super to be reformed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 31 JAN 2020
... consent from the client about the arrangements. The draft legislation for recommendation 2.2 will require advisers and licensees to disclose in writing to the client where they are not independent and why that is so. Also under the microscope are advice ...

Cbus head of advice launches firm

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2020
... firm, called the Financial Advice Services Institute (FASI). FASI will work with superannuation funds, dealer groups or licensees, professional associations, regulatory bodies and political stakeholders on developing better advice models. The way Harper ...

ASIC increases levy costs

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 16 JAN 2020
... without notification, with many unaware that the costs were set to rise. ASIC published the indicative levy owed by licensees that provide personal advice would include a minimum levy of $1500 plus $1142 per adviser, up from $907 per adviser initially ...

ASIC claims to support robo-advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JAN 2020
... to meet the minimum training and competence standards for advisers in Australia," ASIC then said. "For digital advice licensees to meet the organisational competence obligation in RG 105 Licensing: Organisational competence (RG 105), ASIC requires that ...

Former Challenger executive joins ASX board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 JAN 2020
... subsidiary clearing and settlement boards, including as Chairman of ASX Clear Pty Limited and ASX Settlement Pty Limited, the licensees for our cash equities clearing and settlement facilities." Woods was formerly the chief executive, strategy at Challenger ...

FASEA responds to concerns

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... the release of its guidance document in October. Those consultations revealed a series of issues that had advisers and licensees calling for further clarity. 1. Timeframes for implementation On this point, FASEA said it considers the approaches outlined ...

ASIC alters adviser levy

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2019
... budgeted for levies for the year might need to change their plans. He explained while it might not be a big deal for some licensees, those with many advisers will feel the difference. And, Marshan said the big issue is that ASIC has updated its calculations ...

Westpac to pay $9.5m for Corps Act breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
... liable for these breaches, which attracts a significant civil penalty, because the law imposes a specific liability on licensees for the breaches of their financial advisers, ASIC said. This is the result of civil penalty proceedings brought against ...