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Last chance to participate in the annual FS Managed Accounts Survey

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 AUG 2018
Financial Standard is calling on financial advisers to have their say in an annual managed accounts survey, after research shows a spike in the number of products and services launched since last year. Listed wealth management groups HUB24, Netwealth ...

SMSFs: Low balance, low satisfaction

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
Satisfaction with self-managed superannuation funds dropped in the last 12 months, particularly for those with a balance of less than $250,000. Latest insights from Roy Morgan show that while satisfaction with the financial performance of SMSFs is down ...

Former Australian Unity executive joins advice licensee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
A financial advice dealer group has added its third former Australian Unity executive this month. Former Australian Unity Personal Financial Services chief executive Steve Davis has joined Infocus Wealth Management in the newly created role of chief ...

Advisers on scam alert

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018
... being targeted. "Advisers should ensure their clients know that all financial providers need an Australian financial services (AFS) licence from ASIC in order to be able to be able to legally carry out their service. If they feel like they are being ...

Pressure mounts on regional advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018
The already limited availability of financial advice in regional and rural Australia is at risk of being further undermined as the fallout from the Royal Commission continues. An analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows 4700 financial ...

ASIC bans Queensland adviser, suspends licence

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
... sample set of his client files from when he was an authorised representative of Axis and Mode. ASIC has also suspended Mode's AFS licence, saying it did not take reasonable steps to ensure that its representatives complied with financial services laws. ...

Former REIT exec to lead new funds management business

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUL 2018
A former AMP and Centuria executive will lead the wholesale funds management business at one of Australia's oldest companies. Neil Rogan joins Gowing Bros after serving as general manager of the investment bond business at Centuria Capital for three-and-a-half ...

Advice dealer group appoints executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
A boutique financial advice dealer group welcomed a new executive to its leadership to spearhead acquisitions. Fitzpatricks Group has appointed a new chief financial and chief operating officer in Jodie Blackledge. Blackledge joins from ASX-listed firm ...

Advisers grapple with client retention

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUL 2018
Financial advisers are losing clients and the ongoing financial services Royal Commission isn't helping. The good news is professional standards reform is helping restore the reputation of the industry, Investment Trends research reveals. In the ...

FASEA-induced exodus increasingly likely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUL 2018
About 20% of FINSIA's adviser members will leave the advice industry if they are forced to undertake additional postgraduate study. According to a survey conducted by the industry body in support of its submission to the Financial Adviser Standards ...