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Advisers to foot $24m bill

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... from general advice providers and $0.2m (1%) from wholesale advice providers. For Australian Financial Services (AFS) Licensees who provide personal advice on Tier 1 products to retail clients, ASIC has suggested they are charged a levy based on the ...

ASIC bans deceptive adviser

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2016
... notes in Protect Ensure. Karakatsanis has been an authorised representative of a number of Australian Financial Services Licensees since 2003, however between 16 July 20212 and 22 May 2014 he was an authorised representative of Protect Ensure. An ASIC ...

ASIC confirms systemic failures in advice

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... Australian Securities and Investment Commission has confirmed systemic failures at 21 Australian Financial Services Licensees in providing ongoing advice services to clients. Identified in ASIC's 'Financial advice: Fees for no service' report, the systemic ...

HUB24 continues growth trajectory

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 27 OCT 2016
... to "the increasing distribution range of the business and the attractiveness of HUB24 for smaller independently owned licensees seeking to utilize our market leading platform to create real value for their clients." In regards to the managed portfolio ...

Centrepoint partners to enhance underwriting processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
... more timely and efficient for both parties." The offering is available exclusively to Centrepoint's adviser network and licensees and will be rolled out at the company's Risk Roadshow event in November.

Securitor names adviser of the year

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2016
... milestone was celebrated at the company's annual conference, Convention16, in Perth. "We are one of the longest standing licensees in Australia, which is a testament to the first-class services, tools and peer networks we offer. We're proud to have played ...

Clock ticks for institutional advice licensees

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
A dealer group executive believes the clock is ticking for advisers at institutional licensees as another bank-owned advice service announced it was exiting the industry this week. Following news that Bankwest would be closing its salaried advice division ...

Zurich reveals risk distribution team

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
... award winning Business Development presence in every mainland state significantly strengthens our ability to support licensees and advisers in growing their practice and improving their own customer proposition."

Sentry Group partners for back office solution

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... the provision of the very highest standards of compliant financial advice and client service. "Advice practices and licensees must transform their operational models to reflect the post FoFA LIF era that requires consumer/client best interests are firmly ...

Banks commit to new adviser hiring standards

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... recruitment decisions." The protocol was developed with input from regulators and industry stakeholders. Subscribing licensees will need to make changes to their recruitment practices to comply with the protocol by 1 March 2017. "This is an important ...