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Mobile education drives advice professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Financial advisers looking to increase their level of education in the face of the professional standards legislation can now do so through a joint venture between knowITdigital and vocational education provider Monarch Institute. Users of knowITdigital's ...

ASIC cancels AFSL licences

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 27 MAR 2017
... act against those who fail to comply with their responsibilities." In addition to the cancellations, ASIC has suspended the AFS licence for KABM until 1 May 2017, for failing to lodge financial statements and auditor's reports for three consecutive years. ...

Barclays fined following ASIC investigation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAR 2017
ASIC accepted enforceable undertakings from three Barclays foreign financial service providers for failing to inform Australian clients they were exempt from holding an AFSL. The enforceable undertaking was accepted following concerns that the Barclays ...

Fintech Nod takes on the unadvised

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
A new fintech is hoping to reach out to the 80% of people who don't see financial advisers via a digital financial advice platform. Nod, backed by accelerator H2 Ventures, is aiming to bring financial experts to people on demand. Clients can ask a question ...

Adviser contravenes FoFA obligations

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 20 MAR 2017
A Melbourne based financial advice provider is to appear in the Federal Court of Australia for alleged contraventions of the Future of Financial Advice obligations. Following an ASIC investigation, Wealth and Risk Management (WRM), and its related companies ...

We have made mistakes: CBA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
Commonwealth Bank of Australia's chief executive Ian Narev told a parliamentary inquiry this morning the bank made mistakes and still has a lot of work to do. On day two of the major banks review, Narev fronted the House of Representative's Standing ...

SMSFs benefit from DomaCom deal

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
DomaCom completed its first fractional property acquisition transaction via managedaccounts.com.au. Undertaking the transaction on behalf of Sydney-based advisory group Benwest Investment Services, DomaCom chief executive Arthur Naoumidis said the firm ...

ASIC bans Melbourne insurance broker

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... million. The hearing also found that Doring: Failed to ensure that PDIB operated pursuant to an Australian financial services (AFS) licence when providing financial services; Deliberately engaged in dishonest conduct by misappropriating money from the ...

IMAP ensuring greater representation for MDAs

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 FEB 2017
Ahead of new regulatory requirements the Institute of Managed Account Professionals will establish a sub-committee to represent the interests of managed discretionary account providers. Commencing in March, the MDA Providers Forum will be an invitation-only ...

ASIC watching SMSF advice closely

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 20 FEB 2017
ASIC will undertake a major project focused on the advice provided to self-managed super fund clients, particularly around the establishment of SMSFs, as the regulator continues its work to lift the standard of financial advice in Australia. Deputy ...