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TAL and Zurich lead inflows, CommInsure lags: Strategic Insights

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 JAN 2019
Latest figures from research group Strategic Insights show mixed results for the country's largest insurers. Overall, the life insurance sector grew steadily by 1.7% year-on-year and reached $16.5 billion. However, it was a mixed result for the ...

FASEA reforms see ASIC register swell

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 JAN 2019
Calls for existing financial advisers to join ASIC's Financial Advisers Register (FAR) were answered in 2018. More than 3300 names were added throughout the year. Rainmaker analysis of the ASIC Financial Advisers Register shows advisers registered ...

FASEA releases professional year standard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
New financial advisers will be required to undertake 1500 hours of work activities and an additional 100 hours of structured training before becoming known as a provisional financial planner or adviser. On Thursday FASEA registered the legislative instrument ...

Super funds wield bank remuneration stick

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
... keen to make their disapproval known. Westpac (64%) and ANZ (34%) were treated with less disdain, but they only need to register a down vote of 25% to record a strike. The financial services Royal Commission undoubtedly played an integral role in shareholder ...

FASEA finalises adviser CPD standard

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 DEC 2018
FASEA has settled on the continuing professional development requirements for financial advisers. Listening to industry consultation, the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority made several determinations upon registering the legislative instrument ...

Financial Standard unwrapped: Our top stories in 2018

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018
... significant wind-down of its advice business, with just five financial advisers remaining according to ASIC's AFSL register. What the 2018 Budget means for you The 2018 Federal Budget brought more changes to the superannuation system and beefed up ...

Advisers failing to submit SMSF returns

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2018
More than 2700 tax practitioners, who are also trustees of their self-managed superannuation fund, have outstanding SMSF annual returns. This latest figure comes from the Tax Practitioners Board as it launches a new compliance strategy. The TPB is calling ...

HUB24 secures bespoke platform mandate

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2018
HUB24 is delivering a custom platform solution to the national adviser network of a 115-year-old wealth management business. Patersons Securities selected HUB24's platform to white label and run alongside its existing in-house platform Accolade. Patersons ...

Super pool ripe for adviser picking

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2018
... Baby Boomers. According to Rainmaker data, as at October 2018 there was 24,889 advisers on ASIC's Financial Adviser Register. With widespread predictions that up to 50% of existing advisers will exit the industry as a result of new education standards ...

FS Power50 names most influential advisers in 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... list were screened to ensure they are all licensed to provide personal advice based on the ASIC FAR (Financial Advisers Register), have met current minimum professional educational standards, and are members of at least one industry association. The ...