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AFA collaborating for education framework rethink

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUL 2017
... qualities and personal attributes, and will form the basis of a white paper and an implementation kit to be provided to licensees. Finally, advisers, regulators, academics and professional associations will also be canvassed to guarantee that the draft ...

Midwinter recruits to strengthen cyber security strategy

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUL 2017
... provide vulnerability assessments, penetration testing and ongoing monitoring of accounting for advice practices and licensees to measure the strengths and weaknesses in their systems. Through the new service, Midwinter aims to help businesses detect ...

ASIC calls on NAB to improve disclosure

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUL 2017
An investigation by ASIC has forced NAB Group advice licensees to make corrective disclosures to customers. The corporate regulator found that NAB's dealer groups failed to disclose relationships between advisers, licensees, and other members of the ...

Beacon merges with Libertas

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... usual for Libertas and that staff will not be affected by the merger. It has about 70 authorised financial services licensees. The new group is reported to have more than 200 authorised representatives with $4 billion in assets under management, and ...

HUB24 hiring to support record growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUL 2017
... billion. As above, this was at least partly driven by the 115 new advisers coming to the platform along with 21 new licensees signing distribution agreements. The record growth was also fuelled by the transfer of $85 million onto the platform from a ...

FPA supports ASIC independence definition

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 30 JUN 2017
... countered that the definitions are too restrictive. AFA chief executive Philip Kewin said under ASIC's definition, very few licensees or advisers would qualify as independent, regardless of how broad their approved product list is. ASIC said it acknowledges ...

Independence definition too restrictive: AFA

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUN 2017
... has no conflicts of interest or influence from any product issuer. Kewin said that under ASIC's definition, very few licensees or advisers would qualify as independent, regardless of how broad their approved product list is. "This is a very restrictive ...

XTB appoints new CIO

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2017
... officer. Ian Martin has been appointed to the newly-created role to develop XTB's customised fixed income offerings for licensees, platforms, asset consultants and research houses. He is an executive director and co-founder of the Australian Corporate ...

ASIC delays super disclosure reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2017
... introduction of the requirements," ASIC said. The goal of the reforms has been to ensure registrable superannuation entities licensees make available a product dashboard for each super fund's MySuper and choice products available at all times online ...

Elders gives back to advice community

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUN 2017
... extensive specialist knowledge and talent the dealer group has accumulated, the roadshow is open to representatives of all licensees. "We recently conducted an external analysis of our organisation and feedback from this exercise concluded that we had ...