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How personality tests add value in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... excited to help someone that they don't really stop and ask why that person is coming to them at that time with that request." Penn added that while people might look at life coaching being integrated with financial advice and be sceptical, there's ...

Advisers serious about licensee due diligence

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 NOV 2019
Financial advisers are now meeting with as many as 10 licensees before choosing a new home. This is according to HUB24 dealer group Paragem, which said advisers have doubled down on due diligence when it comes to selecting a new licensee, interviewing ...

APRA to take transparent approach

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
APRA's new approach to governance, culture, remuneration and accountability will see the prudential regulator focus on strengthening, sharpening and sharing. The regulator today released an information paper on its "more intensive" regulatory approach ...

Chief executive banned for paying wife

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
... investigation by an external auditor." Forsyth then submitted the falsified meeting minutes in response to a PRA information request. The FCA has fined Forsyth £78,318 ($149,300) and the PRA has fined him an additional £76,180 ($145,200) he has also ...

CommInsure enters guilty plea

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 19 NOV 2019
CommInsure has pleaded guilty to 87 hawking offences. ASIC announced that Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society, trading as CommInsure, has entered a guilty plea for 87 counts of offering to sell insurance products in the course of unlawful, unsolicited ...

Fee hike at government super fund

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2019
... month to $31.25 per month. All four schemes will see an increase in the family law fees. These are going up from $60 per request for information to $70, and $89 per party for splitting entitlement to $100 per party. Super SA is also reviewing how it ...

RMBS scrutiny could be loosened in US

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2019
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a call for input from investors and market participants on the asset-level disclosure requirements for residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS). SEC chairman Jay Clayton explained that ...

Advice practices urged to contact ombudsman

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
The Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Kate Carnell is calling on small business financial advice practices to share their experiences. Carnell wants to hear from those small and family enterprises being pushed out by financial ...

AMP extends adviser deadline

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2019
... adviser feedback that they required additional information in order to properly consider their options. It also follows a request by the AMPFPA to ensure its members were adequately informed. AMPFPA chief executive Neil Macdonald told Financial Standard ...

Superannuation gets a classroom

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... attended the opening. "The common questions raised this morning have been in relation to - tax on personal contributions, request for super health checks, consolidation information and information on investment options," the spokesperson said. "The Super ...