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De Gori to leave FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Dante De Gori will step down at the end of the year. De Gori, who has served as chief executive since March 2016, has advised the FPA's board of his intention to leave. He has been with ...

AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... within its aligned advice network, AMP said it will "release its institutional ownership of clients from AMP Financial Planning to advisers". Managing director of advice Matt Lawler said advisers have from now to the end of the year to take advantage ...

ASIC industry levy to increase

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... sustainable, and must be reviewed immediately before more practices are forced to close, the chief executive of the Financial Planning Association of Australia Dante De Gori said. "The ASIC industry levy for financial planners has gone up over 340% in ...

Fintechs settle legal stoush

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... questionnaire. In serving the letter, Astute claimed that Lumiant breached "substantial copyright" with respect to its financial planning client engagement platform Astute. Astute alleged that Lumiant's Confidence Questionnaire, also a series of ...

SMSFA adds to board

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... Bryan is a lecturer on ethics and professionalism in financial advice and the economic and legal context for financial planning and is a member of various working groups at the Financial Services Council," Hamilton added.

ASIC prepares licensees for reference checks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... Association conducts reference checking. Mortgage brokers are also subject to the same new regulation. The Financial Planning Association of Australia believes reference checks should be extended to general advice and to anyone that has the ability to ...

No charges in AMP BOLR investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 JUL 2021
... the BOLR Policy in breach of section 1041G (prohibition on dishonest conduct) of the Corporations Act. AMP Financial Planning was also investigated for breaches of section 1308(2) which relates to making misleading statements. The investigations resulted ...

Astute Wealth alleges copyright breach

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... a Cease and Desist letter to Lumiant, alleging that it breached "substantial copyright" with respect to its financial planning client engagement platform AstuteWheel. Astute claims that Lumiant's Confidence questionnaire, a series of financial health ...

Former Hillross adviser pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUL 2021
... using false documents under the Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) in Parramatta Local Court. He was a director of Nexus Financial Planning, an advice practice in Sydney trading as Hillross Bella Vista, from 8 June 2010 until 14 March 2016. ASIC reported that Nexus ...

Lifespan appoints compliance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 12 JUL 2021
Lifespan Financial Planning has hired a risk and compliance lead who was previously a financial adviser for the firm. Adrian Caspar joins the Sydney office with 15 years' experience in compliance, risk management, financial advice and governance. Caspar ...