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Fees for no service an old issue: AMP

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
Responding to Royal Commission findings, AMP says its fees for no service issue is old news; preparation of a Clayton Utz report into the issue has been overstated; and its misleading representations to ASIC have also been overstated. The 28-page response ...

Government names AFCA board members

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2018
Four industry figures, including a prominent Sydney financial planner, have been appointed to the board of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA). The new members are Claire Mackay, Andrew Fairley, Erin Turner and Alan Wein. They join ...

Uncertainty abounds future of advice regulation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... in relation to insurance commissions - should be maintained. The FPA has already responded in part, saying in a communication to members that it will be writing to its professional partners to remind them of their agreement to advise the FPA of misconduct ...

Smaller super funds lead Roy Morgan rankings

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
An industry super fund with $8.1 billion in funds under management has topped the Roy Morgan Superannuation Satisfaction Report for the seventh month in a row. Tasplan, the industry superfund with 145,000 members, has again topped the Roy Morgan monthly ...

Advisers react to Royal Commission revelations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... professionals many of us are. It's time to be vocal and actively bring about change from within. We need to have open communication with our clients and our teams and lead by example for they too will be impacted by the revelations from the RC. Michelle ...

Elders appoints four advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... the dealer group's adviser number to 28. "Over the last two years we have transformed our business and initiated a communication strategy which has increased industry awareness of our unique offering," Beaven said. Last month, a Melbourne-based financial ...

Unions lobby super sector to cut big bank, AMP ties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... another part of the economy big enough to absorb their capital," Rainmaker said. In a similar move to the ACTU, the Communication Workers Union is lobbying Australia Post to cut its default superannuation arrangement with AMP. Since the closure of the ...

Vanguard launches two active factor ETFs

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
Vanguard will list its first active exchange-traded funds for Australian investors on the ASX tomorrow. The first of the two new ETFs is Global Value Equity (ASX: VVLU), and invests in global equities with value characteristics. The second, the Global ...

Advisers no longer standing still on social media

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 16 APR 2018
... social media consultant added. This said, advisers continue to rely on emails and the telephone as primary sources of communication with clients. However, Loneragan points to 2017 Sensis data which shows about 79% of Australians use social media, and ...

RARE wins mandate from $182bn US manager

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
RARE Infrastructure was awarded an infrastructure income mandate by a US-based global multi-manager which oversees more than $182 billion in funds. Principal Funds chose RARE's infrastructure income strategy for part of its $5 billion Diversified Real ...