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Advice associations slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
An industry group has lashed out at the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association of Australia, labelling them conflicted and driven by self-interest. The United Financial Advisers Association (formerly known as the Life ...

Industry embraces Mental Health Month

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
October is mental health month and the financial services industry is embracing it as a chance to boost the mental wellness of employees through a number of initiatives. SuperFriend has several initiatives planned for the month, including releasing ...

Paradice portfolio manager departs, US office closed

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... to Morningstar. "Given the evolution of the business, a decision was made to consolidate the offices to improve communication and the speed of decision-making," Morningstar associate director, analyst Michael Malseed said in a note. It has retained its ...

The end of grandfathered commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... grandfathered commissions. "We are deeply disappointed at the lack of analysis on the impacts of this reform and the lack of communication and guidance for impacted clients and advisers. At this stage there will be many thousands of cases where a sensible ...

Time to reset member return expectations?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 6 SEP 2019
Research house Rice Warner has openly questioned whether superannuation funds should begin resetting the return expectations of members. With difficult economic headwinds prevailing, Rice Warner is concerned superannuation funds have made a rod for ...

Members still lack group insurance awareness: MetLife

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... caught unexpectedly without cover, so we're committed to working with the industry to increase and simplify communication about insurance inside super. "We want to help Australians understand that it exists, why it exists and to be confident to make ...

ASIC clamps down on poor advice, grandfathered commissions

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... institutions' departure from the sector," ASIC said. In terms of key projects in superannuation, ASIC wants to enhance its communication to superannuation trustees and their associated advisers by providing more accessible information about the work ...

Wealth projection boosts super fund engagement

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2019
... "These results are important evidence that superannuation member disengagement can be partly improved by clearer communication," he said.

Inaugural FASEA exam results in

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2019
... in three areas: financial advice regulatory and legal obligations; applied ethical and professional reasoning and communication; and financial advice construction. Under new financial adviser requirements within the Corporations Act 2001, advisers must ...

Boutique fund manager names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUL 2019
A $14 billion boutique investment manager will welcome a new chief executive and managing director. Maple-Brown Abbott has appointed Sophia Rahmani to lead the business, effective October 14. She joins from Janus Henderson where she was most recently ...