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ASIC bans auditor and adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... were motivated by his own potential gains. For the protection of the public, ASIC will act to ensure dishonest insurance advisers are removed from the industry." At the same time, ASIC has also disqualified Peter Brennan from providing SMSF auditing ...

AFA awards deadline looms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has called for submissions for its Adviser and Practice of the Year awards before the July 17 deadline. The Adviser of the Year award is based on adviser performance, practice business performance, professionalism ...

Zurich appoints investment specialist

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2015
... appointment ensures that our clients will have access to a product market specialist, who understands the unique needs of advisers and dealer groups."

Adviser input key to super fund switch: report

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... more likely to seek professional advice than others. The median amount in superannuation for those using professional advisers is $102,000, compared to a median of just $44,000 among people not seeking advice. "Besides cost, the potential reasons for ...

TAL to invest $150 million in adviser support

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
As part of the insurer's "commitment to advisers," TAL will invest $150 million in adviser support services. Specifically, these include: adviser education programs; online pre-assessment requests for review by TAL underwriters; client insurance data ...

US family office association expands to Australia

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
A US-based association for family offices and their advisers is expanding in Australia and New Zealand and has appointed a market leader for the region. Family Office Exchange (FOX) is a global member network for family offices that includes over 8,000 ...

ASIC bans former risk adviser

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 9 JUL 2015
... reported in Financial Standard in March, Macquarie confirmed it would be closing the dealer group and five associated advisers would be transitioning to other licensees outside of Macquarie's financial advice business. Brian Farber provided life insurance ...

Advice demand up as direct investment grows

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... were "not at all knowledgeable." When asked about whose advice they find helpful, 30% responded financial planners or advisers, 19% relied on stock brokers who provide advice and 12% on wealth management advisers. About 30% did not seek advice about ...

HUB24 doubled FUA in 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 JUL 2015
... retail platform offerings and licensee white label products. Half of total net inflows for the quarter were from new advisers and licensees introduced to the platform over the past 18 months, including Paragem. The platform also completed the transfer ...

Claims of wrongdoing have no basis: IOOF

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 JUL 2015
... the process of becoming RG146 compliant. He said it was not illegal for the research team to be giving advice to IOOF advisers without RG146. Williams said it was "staggering" that there were cases of plagiarism not reported to ASIC whereby people were ...