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Impact investing difficult to measure

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 OCT 2019
A new report produced by the Responsible Investment Association of Australia (RIAA) along with the University of Auckland and AMP Capital has revealed how difficult it is for fund managers to actually measure the influence of impact investments. The ...

Spotlight on super welcomed

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
... retain its policy of increasing the superannuation guarantee to 12% and focus on simplifying super's laws. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief policy officer Glen McCrea said the policy group was committed to working constructively ...

Complexity of grandfathered commissions overlooked

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 27 SEP 2019
In a new policy paper, Association of Financial Advisers general manager, policy and professionalism Phil Anderson argues that the complexity of grandfathered commissions has been overlooked by policy makers. Anderson states in the paper that the 2012 ...

Adviser cops three-year ban

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... (financial planning) and other qualifications in SMSFs, mortgage broking and finance. He is also a member of the Association of Financial Advisers, according to ASIC's Financial Adviser Register. He started as a financial adviser in 2012 and worked for ...

Dealer group to fight grandfathered commissions ban

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... fight to retain grandfathered commissions. It has contributed $10,000 to the Adviser Regulatory Fund set up by the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to mount a constitutional challenge to legislation to ban grandfathered commissions. ...

Senate creates committee on fintech, regtech

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... for up to 12 months without an Australian financial services licence or credit licence. The Financial Planning Association of Australia welcomed the creation of this committee and expressed its "full support". "It is great to see Senator Bragg and his ...

The end of grandfathered commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 SEP 2019
... yesterday, the legislation will see the banning of grandfathered commissions from 1 January 2021. Responding, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has argued thousands of clients will be worse off without grandfathered commissions and a three-year ...

AFCA ombudsman addresses adviser concerns

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... adviser concerns regarding the authority's introduction of legacy complaints. Speaking at a recent Financial Planning Association of Australia event, Singh said AFCA will apply the standard of the relevant time in complaints where laws, codes, or standards ...

Priced out: Advice affordability at risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... financial advice industry, further compounded by recent action taken by both AMP and MLC Wealth. Speaking at the recent Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference, AFA general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson argued ...

Vote in the FS Power50 now

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 SEP 2019
... now work at a fund manager, insurer or third-party service provider have been excluded by Financial Standard. The Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association of Australia were also invited to nominate standout advisers and ...