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AFA chief outlines vision

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
The newly appointed chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers remains realistic about the challenges the industry faces, but assured members that there is hope in overcoming them. In her first address as chief executive at the AFA's ...

AMP reduces super fees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... advice and support in recent times. "This year there was a 200% increase in people accessing our free online financial education content," he said. "Giving members access to free financial information is critical to helping them to make good decisions ...

Economic recap: Week to September 17

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 20 SEP 2021
... China back to the "uniformed" days of chairman Mao. A great leap backward? China's now cracking down on technology, education, gaming and real estate companies, among others. It also has "effiminate men" and feminists on its sites and movie stars ...

CMC Markets buys ANZ Share Investing

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 SEP 2021
... the deal, this partnership will cease. The transition will benefit ANZ's clients with mobile apps and complementary education tools and resources as well as lower brokerage charges. "This transaction is part of our strategy to create a non-leveraged ...

Advisers embrace technology, lack budget

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2021
... for the next 12 months (73.3% vs 55.5% overall). These practices are also evolving their digital experiences in the education and content marketing space. Netwealth also found that client portals are the "next frontier, and a very real path for advice ...

FASEA exam pass rate drops

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... executive Stephen Glenfield said: "FASEA congratulates successful candidates on completing an important component of their education requirements under the Corporations Act." Over 18,140 advisers have sat the exam with approximately nine in 10 demonstrating ...

WTL posts $3.3m loss

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2021
... Today, which holds an AFSL and provides dealer group services to financial advisers such as licensing, risk management, education and training, technical support, and practice management and development services. In July, it completed the acquisition ...

HESTA defines perfect merger partner

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... want to merge with a fund from the health and community services sector. "Ideally picking a fund from healthcare, from education, people in caring professions and people who care about the world," she said. "Maybe the last thing I'd say is ideally ...

Equal Pay Day offers sobering reminder

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 31 AUG 2021
... than their male counterparts. The research found women were paid less in these firms despite being of equal calibre, education, and achievement to the men in similar roles her were paid 30-35% more. Equal Pay Day in Australia changes each year. This ...

Financial adviser levy to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... "The financial advisers the AFA represents are dealing with a requirement to sit a compulsory FASEA exam and meet other education standards to keep their livelihood, on top of an overwhelming volume of other regulatory reform, huge sectoral restructuring ...