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FPA Congress could be biggest yet

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
The 2019 Financial Planning Association of Australia Congress is on track to be the biggest yet, with numbers of delegates registered surpassing last year's. Dante De Gori, chief executive of the FPA, said registration numbers are tracking to beat the ...

Former Apogee, GPS Wealth advisers banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... from 2015 to 2018. Prior to this he was licensed by ANZ and, before that, IOOF. According to the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, Khaw is a certified financial planner and member of the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Meanwhile, ASIC has ...

ASIC freezes Sydney advisers' assets

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2019
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission have obtained consent orders and undertakings in the Supreme Court of NSW against QWL, QWL Asset Management and sole director Ross Hopkins. "ASIC commenced an investigation in relation to allegations ...

Adviser moves show industry upheaval

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
Rainmaker analysis of ASIC Financial Adviser Register data has revealed hundreds of movements across advice dealer groups in just the last three months. From July to October end, Commonwealth Financial Planning lost over 100 advisers, going from 568 ...

FASEA chief unaware of dwindling adviser numbers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 1 NOV 2019
... Stoker followed up by citing figures that show thousands of financial advisers have dropped off the ASIC Financial Adviser Register since the beginning of this year. Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC FAR shows, as of yesterday, there is 25,330 advisers ...

Frozen fund pays investors

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2019
Investors stuck in a Queensland-based mortgage income fund that went belly up in the GFC have finally received an interim distribution. LM First Mortgage Income Fund's unitholders are set to receive an interim distribution of 6.5 cents for each dollar ...

Super fund adviser numbers swell

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 22 OCT 2019
... their adviser numbers in the year while VicSuper shed four. The numbers are according to ASIC's financial adviser register. Despite the growth in adviser registration numbers, the super industry accounts for less than 4% of the total direct employment ...

AustralianSuper checks out robo advisers

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
The $170 billion super fund is looking at robo advisers as a potential solution for providing financial advice to its members but says it's early days. "We are looking at it but we haven't got any plans for any imminent introduction," AustralianSuper ...

Australia climbs up Mercer global pension index

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2019
Australia's retirement system has risen in the global ranking of pension systems, but it still has room for improvement, according to Mercer's latest rankings of global pension systems. According to the 2019 Melbourne Mercer Global Pension Index, Australians ...

ASIC grants compliance scheme relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
ASIC will grant AFS licensees with relief from the obligation to ensure their financial advisers are covered by a compliance scheme. As part of the government's decision late last week to accelerate the establishment of a single disciplinary body for ...