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Financial advice more important than ever: HUB24

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2020
HUB24 said financial advice is more important than ever as it posts record inflows and signs close to 30 new licensees in the September quarter. Staging a $260 million bounce back after it suffered from the impacts of COVID-19, funds under administration ...

La Trobe launches new loan suite

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 SEP 2020
Diversified wealth manager La Trobe Financial has launched a suite of a new loan products, which it says will help better meet shifting consumer needs in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. La Trobe has launched three new products: an Everyday Heroes ...

New advice compliance solution launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
MyNextAdvice will develop additional solutions to help the financial advice and mortgage broking industries with compliance obligations. Using client feedback, MyNextAdvice says it will be able to mitigate complaints. It is a cloud-based service that ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 JUN 2020
The extension to the FASEA education requirements has passed. The Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology Senator Jane Hume tweeted that her promise of an extension for financial advisers had been kept. Advisers ...

Iress inks bond exchange partnership

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 MAY 2020
Financial services software provider Iress has partnered with the Australian Bond Exchange in a move designed to increase investors' access to bonds. A partnership between Iress and the Australian Bond Exchange will allow users of Iress software to ...

Practice valuations avoid COVID-19 hit

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
... business today is probably selling for a very similar price to what it was six months ago." Connect Financial Service Brokers chief executive Paul Tynan agreed, and said the majority of the impact on valuations at the moment still comes back to "overregulation" ...

CBA sells CommSec Adviser Services

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 APR 2020
... licence and assets of AUSIEX. AUSIEX is CommSec's wholesale investor arm, providing trading and execution services to financial advisers and brokers. CBA said CommSec, its retail broking business, remains core to its strategy and will be retained. "AUSIEX ...

AIOFP launches fresh campaign, criticises FPA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
In launching its latest campaign to retain commissions, the industry body has accused the Financial Planning Association of Australia of taking money from the big banks in return for support. Writing to members, Association of Independently Owned Financial ...

Advice groups criticise rushed legislation

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2020
... government's plan to implement recommendations from the Royal Commission has been met with concern and criticism from financial advice industry groups. Both the Association of Financial Advisers and The Advisers Association have lashed out at Treasury ...

PIMCO puts Aussie LIT on ice

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 3 FEB 2020
... the exemption for LICs and LITs which were allowed to pay advisers and brokers a commission even after the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms banned such payments on most investment products. The consultation, which was announced by Treasurer ...