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Financial Standard's top stories of 2017

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
What were Financial Standard subscribers reading in 2017? Check out the most click-worthy stories of this year. The biggest stories of 2017 spanned new super funds, major strategic partnerships, landmark ASIC investigations, long-serving industry executives ...

DomaCom secures first integration

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
Fractional property investor DomaCom has announced its first integration, allowing financial advisers to automatically include DomaCom sub-fund investments in client reports. DomaCom has entered into an agreement to integrate its property sub-funds ...

FS has you covered in 2017

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
... insurance and innovation. The fund was also awarded Personal Select Choice Product of the Year for the AustralianSuper Personal Plan, and took home the Investment Innovation and Leadership Award. FPA Professionals Congress In November about 1100 delegates ...

PeakSuper eyes expansion

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  THURSDAY, 21 DEC 2017
A newly rebranded SMSF service provider is hoping to expand its market reach with the help of financial advisers. Adelaide-based PeakSuper, formerly Catapult Super, will look to build partnerships with advisers to assist their clients with the establishment ...

Former Challenger executive joins HUB24

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
HUB24 appointed a former Challenger executive to its board of directors. Paul Rogan joins as a non-executive director, replacing Vaughan Webber who will retire as a non-executive director and chair of the platform's Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. ...

ASIC takes further action against MyPlanner

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 DEC 2017
Following on from ASIC's recent action against privately-owned MyPlanner, one of the dealer group's advisers has now agreed to refrain from providing financial services. The regulator has accepted an enforceable undertaking from James Fraser as a result ...

Career progression positive for women advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
New research shows more women are considering a career in financial advice and have a positive outlook on the future of the industry. A joint study conducted by BT Financial Group (BTFG) and the Financial Services Council (FSC), which canvassed 800 ...

Former Paradice executive takes on chief operating role

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
A boutique Australian equities manager has appointed a new chief operating officer from Paradice Investment Management. Paradice's former head of client services Tarren Summers has joined Glennon Capital to "implement and contribute to the determination ...

CommInsure life insurance ads misleading: ASIC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 19 DEC 2017
... misleading advertisements for two of its life insurance policies. An investigation between mid-2013 to March 2016 found Total Care Plan (sold via financial advisers) and Simple Life Insurance (sold directly to consumers), had "misleading and deceptive ...

Big 4, AMP fork out massive compensation bill

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2017
AMP and the big four banks refunded customers $215.9 million for charging ongoing advice fees that failed to provide actual general or personal advice. ASIC said this was in addition to the fees-for-no-service compensation figures identified in Report ...