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ASIC needs to focus on prevention, not cure

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2016
ASIC needs to work directly with the advice industry and develop more proactive regulation, according to Affinia chair Steve Helmich. Speaking on a panel at the 2016 FSC Leaders Summit in Melbourne, Helmich said that ASIC's role is to ensure favourable ...

Australian Unity acquires three new practices

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2015
... attributed to "the attractiveness to advisers of our relationship-based full service offering, our broad open-architectured APL and our Accountant Partnership Program." He added, "The fact we are a mutual organisation focused on helping our advisers ...

Government releases final risk reforms package

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 9 NOV 2015
The Government has released the final life insurance reforms package. Based on ongoing industry consultation and collaboration with the Association of Financial Advisers, Financial Planning Association and Financial Services Council, the final reforms ...

Managed accounts forum sold out, 2015 adviser survey results revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2015
... be offering them at all cited restrictions against managed accounts on their AFSL or on the group's Approved Products List (APL) as the major reasons why not. Leading managed accounts practitioners will be on hand to discuss the survey findings and share ...

AMP advice adds Van Eck ETFs

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2015
... at AMP Financial Planning, Charter Financial Planning and Hillross. "We are delighted that AMP has added MVW and MVB to its APL. Our ETFs offer investors a point of difference and are gaining strong traction among financial advisers and SMSFs," said ...

Many APLs still block managed account usage

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 SEP 2015
Despite the rise and rise of managed accounts, financial advisers still report that APL and AFSL restrictions are the main blockage on more of them getting on board with this new way of administering investments. Financial Standard has just completed ...

SPECIAL REPORT: Let's talk about managed accounts

... particularly since there are no legal requirements to learn about products or services outside their Approved Product List (APL). Read the special report. Brought to you by netwealth.

Spring FG adds DomaCom to APL

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUL 2015
DomaCom has been added to Spring Financial Group's approved product list (APL), which will allow advisers access to its property fund. "The DomaCom Fund is an innovative solution that opens property investing to a wide audience of investors who either ...

AFA, FPA yet to commit to FSC life risk agenda

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 16 JUN 2015
Both the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have refused to comment on whether a final consensus has been reached on the way forward for risk advice reforms. This follows the report in Financial ...

FPA proposes risk commission cap

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... insurance; banning other forms of conflicted remunerations; and the removal of heavily restricted approved products lists (APL), support for financial planners meeting their best interest duty and tighter regulation. An FPA consultation survey will be ...