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CBA ups remediation bill for advice

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2020
... its customers of its aligned advice businesses including Count Financial, Financial Wisdom and Commonwealth Financial Planning. "The estimates of provisions for customer remediation payments in relation to ongoing service fees have been revised to reflect ...

Advisers file class action against AMP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... Westgarth filed an open class action against the wealth giant in the Federal Court of Australia on behalf of AMP Financial Planning advisers. The action was initially expected to be filed late last year, but was delayed due to new regulation relating ...

ASIC terminates illegal investment scheme

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JUL 2020
... Mubashir Mohammed. The scheme related to MyWealth Manager Financial Services (trading as MyWealth Manager) and 3M Financial Planning (which traded as MCube Planners). Mustafa Mohammed was an authorised representative of AMP from October 2013 to March ...

APRA intervention blindsided AFA, FPA taskforce

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
... on individual disability income insurance. Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Phil Kewin and Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Date De Gori discussed the many reforms facing the life insurance and financial advice ...

Calls for broad default life insurance system

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 27 JUL 2020
... campaign, includes members from AIA, MLC Life, TAL and Zurich plus the Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Association of Australia. A research paper released by the group said Australia needs a broad 'default' life insurance ...

Almost 2000 advisers gone so far in 2020

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2020
... left the industry may be even higher, as some new entrants were added to the ASIC FAR in the same period. AMP Financial Planning lost the most advisers, with 153 leaving the licensee. AMPFP now has 1011 financial advisers remaining after starting the ...

Regtech adds to advisory board

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2020
... deep industry experience that has led them to develop a solution that will revolutionise the way in which the financial planning industry meets its regulatory requirements." Dodge is currently the executive director of commercial and legal advisory firm ...

New appointment to TAA board

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... secretary and a director of Invest Blue, has joined the board. Invest Blue is an advice firm licensed by AMP Financial Planning. TAA represents AMP Financial Planning and Hillross financial advisers, and its board is made up of representatives from both ...

Super for women under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2020
... know where the money is coming from to pay for the coaching services. This seems like vertically integrated financial planning services pre-Royal Commission with no commissions or fees to be disclosed to the consumer," she said. "At least if a consumer ...

Chant West, Zenith agree on acquisition

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2020
... Chant West lodged legal proceedings against the Zenith subsidiary on April 6. It has since sold its Enzumo financial planning software business to ASX-listed dealer group Centrepoint Alliance for $1.5 million.