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First Super to vote against AMP board

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
Following a recommendation from the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors (ACSI), triggered by findings from the Royal Commission, First Super said it would vote against the re-election of AMP's board at the upcoming annual general meeting. ...

MGP responds to Henderson's RC hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... facilitated by MGP. In response to questioning, Henderson later admitted that he owned shares via his self-managed superannuation fund which he sold in 2017 following a complaint by a former client to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. ...

Advice firm impersonated clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... adviser Sam Henderson admitted it was "most likely" he directed an employee to contact one of client Donna McKenna's superannuation funds and purport to be McKenna to gain details of her Commonwealth super scheme and entitlements. The Royal Commission ...

Royal Commission grills professional associations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... complained to the FPA she received inappropriate financial advice from Henderson, who persisted she transfer her superannuation to a self-managed superannuation fund despite her objections. McKenna wrote a formal complaint to the FPA in March 2017, which ...

High profile adviser under fire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... her planned retirement. According to McKenna, Henderson repeatedly pushed the idea of rolling over her existing superannuation to establish a self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) managed by Henderson Maxwell, despite her consistently saying that she ...

Robo-adviser partners with private wealth firm

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... "We've developed the technology to take the flexibility and transparency of an MDA service beyond self-managed superannuation funds and high net-worth individuals and make it available to a much wider range of investors," Kaura said. Collins House managing ...

Centuria Life announces promotion

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... due in part to favourable tailwinds from market and policy changes such as the recent changes and limitations to superannuation." Centuria is currently on the lookout for a national sales manager to further strengthen its property fund and investment ...

AMP kept unsuspecting clients in the dark: RC

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... and while AMP head of advice compliance Sarah Britt fronted the Commission on Monday afternoon. The couple sought superannuation and life insurance advice from Mr E in November 2016, an authorised representative of AMP Financial Planning, Britt told ...

Advisory group recruits new head of SMSF

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... to establish a dedicated financial advice service. Omniwealth has appointed Stephen Hogg to lead a self-managed superannuation fund advice offering and implement a real-time reporting system. Hogg was most recently an associate partner of Crowe Horwath ...

Unions lobby super sector to cut big bank, AMP ties

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
The Australian Council of Trade Unions is calling on industry superannuation funds to review partnerships with the big banks in light of issues exposed at the financial services Royal Commission. In a letter to industry fund chief executives, ACTU secretary ...