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FASEA to assess professional advice designations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018
... approve CPD for their advisers," Maroney said. The association has also called for the minimum CPD requirements for technical competence match that of professionalism and ethics. Under the draft legislation, a minimum of just five hours is required for ...

Retirement income covenant consultation continues

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
... Following the consultation process, consumers will partake in a trial to test the design and content of the fact sheet. A technical paper outlining the retirement income risk measure and the method of calculation is also up for consultation. Submissions ...

New initiatives ready advisers for the future

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... understand, curated content outlining recent regulatory changes and other major events in the advice sector, building on the technical content already prepared by wealthdigital. Aged Care Gurus has also partnered with knowITdigital to provide a suite ...

Chief economist update: Tariff man takes Wall Street down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 DEC 2018
... Reasons for the Sell-Off in U.S. Stocks " piece published today. The list also includes geopolitical concerns, Brexit, technical breaches, sell-off in momentum names, softening US housing markets, forced selling, JPMorgan chief executive Jamie Dimon's ...

Chief economist update: Bottom line slows down

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... estate services (+3.1% from +2.3%); arts and recreations services (+9.7% from -0.7%); and, professional, scientific and technical services (-1.0% from -3.8%). To be sure, these stats would be considered ancient in financial market time but the trend ...

Blockchain comes to managed funds

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 4 DEC 2018
... fund transactions to over 65% of fund managers. "The beauty of the May 2019 migration to blockchain is that there is no technical migration at all from a client perspective," Fox said. "It will be completely seamless." Fox said Australian clients won't ...

Labor franking credit changes fair but not the best: Grattan

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... disrupt the crucial 'tax neutrality' balance in the superannuation industry. SuperConcepts general manager of technical and education services Peter Burgess said the proposed pensioner guarantee does little to protect SMSF members from the impact ...

Court fines stockbroker $350k

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... a stock, the court found. Between 10 February and 9 May 2011, it failed to maintain the necessary organisational and technical resources regarding a post-trade alert systems to ensure that it complied with the ASIC's Market Integrity Rules. The Markets ...

Antipodes Partners expands team

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
... roles. Alison Savas is taking on the role of client portfolio manager and will interact with advisers and investors on technical enquiries about the investments. Savas was at Platinum for more than 11 years, during which she was one of the three main ...

ClearView launches new business, reshuffles executive team

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... LaVista allows advisers to choose the services ranging from compliance and monitoring of authorised representatives, technical helpdesk, marketing and software support, he said. Alternatively, they can opt for an off-the-shelf package of dealer services ...