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Former AFA president Dugald Mitchell remembered

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2023
... at the age of 89. Mitchell was an active member and leader of the AFA, playing key roles as a member of the National Education Committee and the Policy Advisory Committee. He also served as a political research officer and was president between 1987 ...

MLC Life backs adviser platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 AUG 2023
MLC Life Insurance has assisted the launch of Risk Hub, a new support platform designed to help advisers excel in risk advice. Risk Hub was officially launched this month by founder and former Zurich Financial Services head of digital Marc Fabris. It ...

ASX-listed firms partner for financial education

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 AUG 2023
TIP Group and Clime Investment Management have joined forces to provide a financial education program that utilises the expertise of financial advisers. The two ASX-listed firms launched My Financial Fitness, which provides subscribers with online content ...

HUB24 unveils new data feeds

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 AUG 2023
... Australian or international shares, private equity funds or even collectibles such as art or wine," Apps said. Once an adviser adds other investments to the HUB24 platform, they are integrated across HUB24's Portfolio Dashboard, InvestorHUB and HUB24 ...

Advisers lacking PII sidestep AFCA rulings

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 JUL 2023
... less." Despite the number of advisers decreasing, the standards have inversely increased. From about 2018, when new education standards and the Code of Ethics were introduced, Singh said there has been an increase in the quality of advice delivered by ...

Industry grapples with looming cyber threats

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUL 2023
... there can always be human error. Therefore, on an organisational level, APRA re-quires the training of employees and education of customers to make sure financial institutions are as secure as they can be," Jacobson says. However, at the other end of ...

Rethinking retirement: Focus on spending, not saving

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2023
... it's also giving advisers the confidence to provide advice to get people to spend more. "So, it's about the framing, education, and advice, but also having the solutions in place to overcome that fear of running out."

Advisers' experience stands at 14.5 years

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JUL 2023
... experience on a median basis, but very few have more than 20, a Rainmaker analysis shows. Rainmaker's June 2023 Financial adviser report based on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register found that very are sticking around for the long haul. Only 7% of registered ...

Acting retirement lead appointed at Australian Retirement Trust

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2023
... ART on December 1. In the interim, Anne Fuchs, recently appointed executive general manager of advice, guidance and education, will step into the role of acting chief of retirement. With more than 25 years of experience in the finance industry, Fuchs ...

Adviser demand up as industry turns corner: Recruiter

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2023
... according to a specialist recruitment firm, particularly in the last three months which saw healthy demand for associate adviser roles. Recruit2Advice principal Dugald Braithwaite said advisers and practices that are "well set in the market with a good ...