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Hybrids must better convey risk: ASIC

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... Price said: "We have responded to the increased issuance and popularity of hybrids by working with issuers and their advisers, as gatekeepers, to help improve prospectus disclosure and ensure selling messages are not misleading. "But there is more work ...

Austock Life appoints former senior BT executive

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
... favouring seasoned people with backgrounds to suit our strategy-based and hands-on approach to working with Financial Advisers. We want to assist them to grow their businesses - especially by engaging with business referral sources, such as solicitors ...

SSgA launches cheap lifestyle funds

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 20 AUG 2013
State Street Global Advisers (SSgA) has unveiled a new suite of low cost lifestyle products, aimed at better protecting investors in or approaching retirement from GFC style shocks. The three Retirement Lifestyle Solutions are aimed at investors at ...

ASIC mulls replacing adviser Training Register

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 19 AUG 2013
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission is considering replacing the ASIC Training Register for financial product advisers. In a Consultation Paper (Consultation Paper 215 Assessment and approval of training courses for financial product advisers ...

Instreet expands online presence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
... base, a fact supported by recent Zurich research which showed that growth in Twitter and YouTube usage among financial advisers is outstripping that of the wider Australia. "The financial planning industry is embracing the use of technology and accessing ...

AFS advisers question payment model

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 AUG 2013
Former AFS Group advisers are questioning the method through which advisers get paid after a Court ruling has made it unlikely that they will receive the money they are owed by the dealer group. In the financial advice space, dealer groups usually set ...

Less than 1% of AusSuper members seek advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... requests came from members with balances of under $20,000. Sayer said this low-income group is an untapped market for advisers. If it can be tapped through better engagement, then it could represent a significant new market for financial advisers. "As ...

BT upgrades EOFY platform tools

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013

AFS advisers denied access to brokerage account

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 AUG 2013
The Federal Court of Australia has denied access by former Australian Financial Services Group (AFS) advisers to the money in a brokerage account of the group, which would pay for some of the money owed to advisers. The account holds about $1.9 million ...

BetaShares ETFs awarded Lonsec 'Recommended' ratings

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 AUG 2013
... additional funds awarded with a 'Recommended' rating, an extremely important first step when speaking with dealer groups and advisers who are considering suggesting ETFs to their clients," BetaShares managing director Alex Vynokur said. "As the Australian ...