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CountPlus to continue acquisition spree

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... licensee model borne by the adviser to member firms and rejigged its adviser cohort to ensure they meet the professional standards in place. Rowe said a further 240 financial advisers have enquired to join Count Financial but they must meet these standards. ...

Gwen Fletcher Award winner named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... commitment to Gwen's legacy of improving the financial planning profession through education and higher professional standards."

Calls to axe TPB for financial advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2020
... primary responsibility for government oversight of the conduct of financial planners, setting mandatory professional standards, investigating potential breaches of mandatory standards and law, and applying discipline," De Gori said. "A number of these ...

Cost of advice soars as red tape grows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... one another and have at times offered conflicting viewpoints and differing interpretations of important professional standards such as the Best Interest Duty (BID) requirement," he said. "Every agency tasked with overseeing the financial planning profession ...

Count Financial adds member firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2020
... technology that make the financial advice delivery process efficient and effective. Their compliance and professional standards team adopts a more pragmatic approach than some other licensees out there," Small & Gunn director John Small said. "Changing ...

Trust in advisers wanes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
... change investors' minds as to where and how they will seek advice. Further, 40% of investors believe professional standards will improve as a direct result of the Royal Commission. "With interest rates at low or negative levels in many places in ...

Real estate assets hit $316bn

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... Management with $92.9 billion GLP ranks third with $70.7 billion. Amelie Delaunay, director of research and professional standards at ANREV, said the rise in Australian asset managers' real estate AUM in 2019 reflects positivity about Australian fund ...

FASEA extension hits snag

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 12 JUN 2020
... unfortunate but necessary amendments," McAllistor said. "They arise from the government's mishandling of the professional standards for financial adviser reforms." She said that when changes to raise the education and ethical standards were passed ...

Calls for overhaul of AFSL system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... an AFSL and the client. "Future reforms to the regulation of financial advice should occur through the professional standards framework and rely on individual registration of financial planners." The FPA believes the continued use of the AFSL system ...

Count Financial makes growth-focused hire

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
... appointment comes just over a month after the firm hired former IOOF alumnus Phil Creswell as its head of professional standards. It also comes as Rainmaker analysis reveals nearly 1500 advisers have dropped off the ASIC Financial Adviser Register since ...