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Iress to deliver DDO solution

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAR 2021
The financial services software company has announced its plans to launch a technological solution to meet the Design and Distribution Obligations (DDO), commencing 5 October 2021. ASIC's RG 274 Product design and distribution obligations aims to ...

Countdown to FASEA exam deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) has issued a reminder to financial advisers that their time to sit and pass the exam is ticking by. There are just five exam sittings remaining for existing advisers to pass the exam. After ...

Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative launches

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2020
... superannuation funds and other stakeholders has released an ambitious list of recommendations to transform Australia's financial system to sustainable outcomes. The Australian Sustainable Finance Initiative has released its final roadmap, outlining 37 ...

Fidelity launches one-stop-shop platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2020
... process. Fidelity Managed Account Xchange (FMAX), which launched on November 16 in the US, allows advisers to develop a financial plan, invest, execute trades and generate reports. It also provides access to investment solutions, research and consulting ...

FS Power50 revealed

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2020
The 2020 FS Power50 has been named, recognising the 50 most influential financial advisers in Australia. A diverse group of advice professionals, the 2020 FS Power50 exemplify the best aspects of the advice industry and how it is set to change. The ...

RIAA, AXA IM launch adviser ESG guide

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2020
... Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA). RIAA and AXA IM have launched a free publication - The Financial Adviser Guide to Responsible Investment to demystify responsible and ethical investment for advisers. AXA IM head of ESG research ...

FASEA releases more Code of Ethics guidance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
FASEA has released a draft Financial Planners & Advisers Code of Ethics 2019 Guide for consultation. The draft is intended to provide an explanation of the application of the code. "The Code of Ethics provides an ethical framework of values and standards ...

Pandemic proves value of advice: FPA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... impacted by the pandemic compared to those without an adviser. Furthermore, 87% of respondents who have engaged a financial adviser did not access their superannuation early while half of advised Australians believe they would not have done anything ...

It's not a bird or a plane; it's a new trading platform

ALLY SELBY  |  MONDAY, 7 SEP 2020
... brokerage rate. Shares are still held on a holder identification number (HIN) on the ASX's CHESS system to safeguard financial assets. The trading platform offers investors two pricing options, either its "basic" account or its "live" account, the ...

Sam Henderson pleads guilty

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 25 AUG 2020
Former celebrity financial adviser Sam Henderson has plead guilty to three charges of dishonest conduct. Henderson plead guilty to one "rolled up" charge of dishonest conduct along with two counts of making a disclosure document available to a person ...