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Advisory firm has licence cancelled

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 SEP 2016
Melbourne-based corporate advisory firm Allegianz has had its financial services licence cancelled by ASIC for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor reports. Allegianz's AFSL was suspended for six months in March 2016 after the company failed ...

ASIC accepts EU from Perth advice firm

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
ASIC has accepted an enforceable undertaking from a Perth financial advice firm. The regulator expressed concerns about compliance management at Neo Financial Solutions and has requested the group engage with an independent expert to assess these issues. ...

Saxo launches digital bond trading solution

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
... securities. Saxo says the move is expected to change the way investors trade bonds, a process which currently involves a manual "request for quote" (RFQ) from a small number of banks, and in some instances a single bank. The process is inefficient as ...

Rethinking risk through goals-based investing

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 13 SEP 2016
With the retirement income debate reaching an industry fever pitch, Alex Burke investigates a new approach to portfolio construction that aims to manage both sequence and longevity risk simultaneously. If you ask industry consultant John Wiseman, the ...

Under reporting of super fees harming investors: ASIC

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2016
ASIC says it is motivated by the fact that inconsistent and under reporting of superannuation fees is harming investors and as a regulator it will not allow this to continue. ASIC has also revealed it recently knocked back industry requests to extend ...

CBA offers $9.4m in compensation

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2016
CBA has provided an update on its Open Advice Review, saying it has offered $9.4 million in compensation to customers. The bank contacted 350,000 at the review's outset, 8,600 of whom requested a review. So far, 5,300 of those requested assessments ...

MySuper insurance widely misunderstood

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2016
... we insure millions of Australian's without actually knowing anything about them. I don't think that the information we request at claims time is any more intrusive than what we ask for at the start, but we do need to know what that member's occupation ...

LICG will fight on after failing to trigger AFA constitution talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... Financial Group's Mark Dunsford - responsible for the submission - that too few forms were acceptable and therefore his request for a change to the AFA Constitution cannot be proposed to AFA members. Commenting on the outcome, AFA national president ...

Keybridge chair resigns as Wilson calls for Hastings fund overhaul

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... manager for the fund. In ASX statement, Aurora Funds Management said that its board "is considering the validity of the request and will update the market as appropriate. "Subject to its views on the validity of the request, the RE intends to provide ...

AFA calls on members to reject constitution change

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to pass a special resolution to change the AFA constitution, following an adviser's request via the Life Insurance Customer Group (LICG). Director of NOW Financial Group, member of LICG and AFA member, Mark Dunsford ...