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Legg Mason wins $125m Mercer mandate

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... research by the consultant. "Legg Mason believes its combination of investment experience, long term performance results, quality of process and capabilities of the investment team provided a strong case for inclusion in the multi manager suite," the ...

Unmet SMSF advice needs a boon for advisers

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... their satisfaction with advisers - outside of investment selection. These include: technical expertise, tax expertise, quality of support staff and clarity of fees and charges." Interestingly the report also revealed that accounts may be becoming less ...

ASIC puts an end to PIS monitoring program

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUL 2014
... that reported to ASIC every three months. PIS' professional standards team has worked with the practices to assess the quality of advice and address the issues that needed to be improved. "It has been a good learning opportunity for the practices," De ...

BT asks for full adviser disclosure to consumers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 21 JUL 2014
... all Australians should have access to as much information as possible to help them make informed choices about the quality of financial planners across the country," Cooper said. He suggested that the register should include details of the advisers' ...

CBA to fund adviser education and association membership

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... everyone has a risk gate opener, which is about quality and compliance," she said, and added: "if there's any issues with quality of advice or compliance, that will act to immediately stopping any remuneration of incentive arrangements." Read all Financial ...

FoFA disallowance vote will save "millions"

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... reliance on disclosure despite clear evidence from the regulator ASIC that it isn't an effective tool to improve the quality of advice. Specifically, enhanced statements of advice are not required for general advice - so there will be no disclosure of ...

FSI zeroes in on vertical advice and retirement income

LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... today the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) has suggested that the vertically integrated structures may be reducing the quality of financial advice that consumers receive. The FSI has asked stakeholders to consider different policy options, including raising ...

Sustaining confidence in the Australian financial system: Murray

DAVID MURRAY  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... some concerns with the fairness of some non-monetary covenants in SME loan contracts. It also raises concerns with the quality of financial advice. Our report was finalised before the Senate Economics Committee released its report on the performance ...

ASIC considers compulsory advice for complex products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... Intervening in the way products are designed and developed another regulatory option suggested to the FSI for improving the quality of products entering the market. Other submissions to ASIC on complex products suggested measures to improve disclosure ...

A sign from the holy spirit?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUL 2014
... estimates of 12.7 per cent last November. In its press release, Eurostat noted that it is "expressing a reservation on the quality of data reported by Greece, due to uncertainties on the surplus of social security funds for 2009, on the classification ...