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Royal Commission grills professional associations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... financial advice and the lack of urgency in resolving complaints. The Commission recommenced with Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) chief executive Dante De Gori facing questions regarding high-profile member Sam Henderson's questionable ...

High profile adviser under fire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Maxwell. McKenna sought financial advice from Henderson in late- 2016, having come across Henderson's name as the 2016 Association of Financial Advisers' Practice of the Year winner. She said she was also motivated by the fact that she had regularly ...

Royal Commission singles out 325 NAB staff cutting corners

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 24 APR 2018
... and that he had breached NAB's code of conduct and licensee standards. NAB did not report Meyn's conduct to the association of which he eventually became a member, the FPA. NAB chief customer officer - consumer and wealth Andrew Hagger said this was ...

Why wait for Royal Commission to address trust?

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 APR 2018
... study. The proposed standards have been met with fierce opposition from the industry, with the Financial Planning Association of Australia stating that their members were outraged at the FASEA proposal. FPA chair Neil Kendall last week voiced his displeasure ...

Advice not yet a real profession: Kell

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 17 APR 2018
... associations which have taken a more forward looking approach to standards, but we certainly don't have a professional association of the sort that you get in other sectors such as medicine," he added. Kell referred to financial advice as a "relatively ...

AFA responds to 'disappointing' PJC life insurance report

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 APR 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has slammed the Parliamentary Joint Committee's report on life insurance, highlighting several aspects as surprising, perplexing and disappointing. The AFA hit out at the PJC's assessment of the direct, group ...

Technology for advisers by advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... advisers to get involved in designing and building better software for the delivery of goals-based advice. The Association of Goals Based Advice is inviting advisers to participate in the development of software targeted at providing better outcomes ...

Acorns mulls ASX listing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2018
... already allows investors to link their Acorns account with their superannuation fund. It also partnered with the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to create a new Acorns-like app for superannuation contributions. Since launching ...

Royal Commission to grill FPA, AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2018
... services Royal Commission. Led by Commissioner Kenneth Hayne, the inquiry has called upon the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and ASIC to provide case studies on compliance with the law and ...

Industry responds to latest FASEA guidance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 MAR 2018
... issued by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority yesterday. In acknowledging FASEAs statement, the Association of Financial Advisers told members it would like to see further changes to deliver better outcomes. It is concerned the proposed ...