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AFCA weeds out phony complaints

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUL 2021
... out complaints where the consumer didn't really suffer any financial harm. AFCA received feedback from financial institutions, particularly small to medium sized financial services businesses, that they were incurring costs dealing with complaints that ...

AFA slams skyrocketing ASIC levy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
... small business operators, advisers are being forced to invest a large amount of money into litigation against large institutions, many of whom are no longer even in the financial advice sector," he said. "There is no access to any upside for advisers ...

Advice firm acquires investment consultant

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... was established in 2001 offering asset and investment consulting, research and portfolio construction advice for institutions, foundations, financial advisory firms and other professional investors. Wattle Partners was founded by Austin Donnelly as Donnelly ...

BTFM, Asgard Capital fined $3m

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... the Corporations Act. Such breaches included making false or misleading representations in account statements. The institutions told customers that they did not deduct ongoing adviser fees - but continued to do so - despite the fact that customers requested ...

AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
Among the changes announced this morning, AMP is putting an end to all Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) arrangements at the end of the year and giving advisers the freedom to leave the network with their clients from 2022. As part of a new service model ...

M&As to create super advice firms

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... investors. A super firm will be akin to the mid-tier in accounting and professional services led by entrepreneurs and not institutions. AZ NGA chief executive Paul Barrett said competition for quality assets is heating up and will only intensify in the ...

National practice manager joins Madison

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... representative of boutique Hunter Wealth, which was previously known as Hillross-Consilium. Prior to that, he worked for major institutions like IOOF, ANZ and Commonwealth Bank and BT, serving in senior roles covering practice management. Gapps' hire ...

Yarra Capital appoints managing director

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... also had a long career at Goldman Sachs where he was a managing director and co-head of the Australian Financial Institutions Group. "I'm incredibly excited to be joining Yarra. The business has an outstanding reputation for operational excellence, and ...

Finfluencers ensnare female Millennials

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2021
... first time or re-assessing the best superannuation options. "Finfluencers are stepping in where traditional financial institutions or more established enterprises have historically made this information challenging to navigate and action," he said. Frolov ...

FAR draft legislation released

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2021
... Financial Accountability Regime imposes a strengthened responsibility and accountability framework within financial institutions, recognising that decisions taken by directors and the most senior executives of financial institutions are significant for ...