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Investors should take responsibility for themselves: Medcraft

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... "We welcome the inquiry; we see it as an opportunity to focus on issues such as competency, training and a register for advisers. We see it as constructive. We'll see what happens." The Senate Economics Committee chair, Senator Mark Bishop confirmed ...

MySuper flips members out of millions: CSSA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... interest in this matter, as flipping members out of personal accounts will end any remaining commissions being paid to advisers. The CSSA represents financial advisers who specialise in advising employers on picking default super funds. Their business ...

Banks suspected of pocketing grandfathered commissions

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
Banks could be pocketing grandfathered commissions rather than passing them on to financial advisers, Industry Super Australia (ISA) has warned. ISA has called on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to investigate the issue of ...

Morningstar launches stewardship ratings in Australia

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... compensation, related party transactions, and accounting practices. "The stewardship rating enables Australian and New Zealand advisers and brokers, institutional investors, and individual investors to screen and monitor the quality of capital allocation ...

ASIC bans former PIS and AMP advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
Former Professional Investment Services (PIS) and AMP Financial Planning advisers have been banned from financial services. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) took action against AMP Financial Planning adviser Roy Whye Wah Moo ...

Affinia hires regional business consultants

AAP  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
TAL-backed Affinia Financial Advisers has appointed one business consultant for Victoria and Tasmania, and one for Western Australia and South Australia. Nadia Docker will be in charge of Victoria and Tasmania, while Natalie Pegg will look after Western ...

2014 MAX Award Winners and Finalists

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014

Advisers applaud "historic" ban on commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... make it "almost impossible to imagine that large financial scandals could happen again." The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said that "the catch-all phrase did not add to consumer protection, it merely increased uncertainty ...

Government to pass most FoFA changes through regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... exemption on the provision of general advice "is not and never has been designed to bring back commissions for financial advisers," the government said. Both legislation and regulations will provide an explicit prohibition on commissions and trail commissions ...

AdviserEdge Gold Coast kicks off on 17 August

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... is holding its third AdviserEdge Social Advice Summit on the Gold Coast from 17 - 19 August. The event aims to provide advisers with practical solutions so that they can effectively harness the power of social media for their businesses. "We really wanted ...