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Fund selectors insulating portfolios, embrace active management: Natixis IM

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
... Watson said. Market conditions are volatile so it's important investors review their portfolios and work with financial advisers to ensure they're well positioned for growth and protected from downside risk, she added. Fund selectors also expressed optimism ...

Adviser pay, incentives disparity revealed

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 FEB 2023
Experienced financial advisers working across major cities are earning as much as $150,000 per year, significantly more than their counterparts in smaller and regional hubs. According to consulting firm Business Health, which canvassed nearly 100 advice ...

AMP profits, declares first dividend since 2019

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 16 FEB 2023
... divestment of majority-owned practices ($39m). The North platform saw a 31% increase in inflows from independent financial advisers and its assets under management remained steady at $61.3 billion. Overall, AMP's platforms house $65.5 billion in assets. ...

Super, advice class actions dampen CBA results

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 FEB 2023
... and acted unconscionably because it failed to take steps to avoid the payment of grandfathered commissions to financial advisers. CBA will face mediation around the second quarter of 2023 and a trial is set to commence on 7 August 2023. In January 2020 ...

Mason Stevens welcomes former Iress chief

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... administration, by providing its high performing and innovative platform with investment support and service to financial advisers and their end clients," he said. "I look forward to bringing my leadership experience across technology and financial services ...

ASIC permanently bans former advisers

CHLOE WALKER  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2023
... Sweeney filed an application at the AAT seeking a review of ASIC's decision. This decision is currently pending. "Financial advisers must act with honesty and integrity in their dealings with clients," ASIC said. "ASIC may ban a financial adviser if ...

Fiducian expands adviser base, increases FUA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 13 FEB 2023
Fiducian saw the number of its financial advisers grow from 66 to 84 representatives in the second half of 2022 and flagged that another five franchises are in the process of joining the fold. Releasing its half-year report on the ASX this morning ...

Put controls in place for super funds: Associations

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
Superannuation funds could soon break free from the shackles of intra-fund advice but financial advisers aren't happy about it. The Quality of Advice Review proposal (QAR) sitting before Treasury would give super funds the green light to provide ...

"A lawyer's picnic": QAR report slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 FEB 2023
... issues which are part of the reason for this review." Responding to the proposal yesterday, Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Phil Anderson said there would need to be controls around the kinds of advice that might apply and education ...

My mind has not been changed: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2023
Financial advisers and non-relevant providers should share the load when it comes to giving simpler financial advice, Michelle Levy maintains. As previously flagged in the draft proposals, Levy has suggested the Corporations Act be amended to provide ...