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AMP challenges BOLR court ruling

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 SEP 2023
... AMP is appealing the Federal Court's Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) ruling that determined in favour of AMP Financial Planning advisers who saw the valuations of businesses slashed by 40%. AMP filed a Notice of Appeal in the Federal Court yesterday ...

Former adviser lands in jail

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 26 SEP 2023
... Financial Planners between May 2014 and September 2018. Between January 2009 and April 2014, he was at Sentry Financial Planning. ASIC cancelled Platinum Perpetual Global Private Wealth's AFSL in September 2019 after Western Australian police charged ...

Project to tackle dwindling number of risk advisers

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 19 SEP 2023
... a small fraction of advisers are consistently providing risk advice, leaving a significant gap in critical financial planning. "Risk advice is more complex and costly to deliver than ever, with remuneration models that don't always support its integration ...

Financial planning veteran launches ideas exchange

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 18 SEP 2023
TownsendCobain Private Wealth partner Tim Townsend has launched a forum-based initiative, WealthLeaders eXchange, targeting financial advisers involved in the investment decision-making process and with client assets of at least $200 million. "What ...

Viridian launches new specialist division amid acquisition drive

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 SEP 2023
... and cybersecurity for enhanced client engagement. "Enlightened Financial Solutions (EFS) is a fast-growing financial planning business with an innovative advice model and a culture that is closely aligned with Viridian's. We are particularly impressed ...

Spark adopts two fintechs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 SEP 2023
... development for Australia and Europe Stephen Brown said the software is designed to remove the complexity around financial planning while enabling Spark advisers to visually demonstrate necessary cashflow levels at each life stage so clients can invest ...

Sequoia liquidates Libertas Financial Planning

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 1 SEP 2023
Libertas Financial Planning is in the process of liquidation, a decision made by parent company Sequoia Financial Group four years after it was acquired. Libertas' operations and customers will transfer to Interprac Financial Planning and Sequoia ...

Midwinter partners for paraplanning solution

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 AUG 2023
... will shape a promising and transformative future for our business, setting a new standard of excellence in the financial planning sector," Gassner said. Meanwhile, TNW Solutions director Esha Khosla concurred: "We have a common objective to increase ...

Guideway launches file note AI tool

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 24 AUG 2023
... converts the recording into a compliant file note that reads as a fluid conversation that captures the nuances of financial planning language. Guideway advisers have been using the technology since July 1. Last week, it was made available to the entire ...

Munich Re targets AMP over alleged reinsurance misconduct

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 AUG 2023
... Buyer of Last Resort (BOLR) terms. Its changes caused a marked reduction in the practice valuations of AMP Financial Planning advisers. In an ASX announcement, George said: "We have booked a $50 million provision in response to the judgment in the Financial ...