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Super complaints rise in FY24: AFCA

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2024
... resolve." Despite the less-than-ideal complaints numbers around super, AFCA received 3559 complaints in the investments and advice category, marking a 26% drop compared to the previous financial year. "Excluding complaints about Dixon Advisory and Superannuation ...

Jones preps DBFO Tranche 2 for parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... promise to remove laborious tasks by modernising the best interests duty and removing the safe harbour steps. Statements of Advice (SoAs) will also receive a makeover, while a new class of advisers called "Qualified Advisers" from banks, super funds ...

SMSF Association announces board director changes

MATTHEW WAI  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2024
... their industry knowledge and experience on the board as we strive to represent the industry and enhance the quality of SMSF advice." Heffron is a SMSFA fellow and brings over two decades of experience in SMSFs; she looks forward to leveraging her expertise ...

Gap exists between licensees' AI use and governance processes: ASIC

MATTHEW WAI  |  TUESDAY, 29 OCT 2024
... reviewed more than 600 AI use cases across 23 licensees as at the end of 2023, which included operations in the financial advice sector and life insurance, to identify potential loopholes in AI incorporation. The Beware the gap: Governance arrangements ...

Advisers must prioritise Conflicts Priority Rule: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... responsibilities to manage conflicts of interest under the Conflicts Priority Rule. AFCA senior ombudsman for investments and advice Alex Sidoti said the Conflicts Priority Rule under 960 1J of the Corporations Act has become one of the major themes ...

Cbus rolls out Advice Essentials Plus

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
Cbus Super has launched its new financial advice offering, Advice Essentials Plus, which is a step up from its intra-fund advice service. Advice Essentials Plus is the third option on Cbus's financial advice menu, which currently comprises Advice ...

$3.5tn wealth transfer scares Aussie advisers: Natixis

MATTHEW WAI  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2024
... opportunities posed with the generational wealth transfer are great, and the next two decades, paired with the quality of advice review, and the digital advice revolution could change how advisers operate their practices in unpredictable ways," Watson ...

AMP hires growth lead for super, investments

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... life. In order to innovate, we need to move quickly and take appropriate risks, supported by the right risk and compliance advice," she said. "Cloe and Julie are two formidable appointments whose experience will be a great addition to the Super and Investments ...

CSLR warns adviser levy will balloon

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
The Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) warned the advice sector should brace for an even bigger levy in the 2026 financial year, forecasting a total of $20 million. Financial advisers are set to cough up more than $20 million in FY26, which will ...

Queensland-based financial firm loses AFSL

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024
... service licence (AFSL) following its failure to comply with licensee obligation. ASIC revoked the AFSL of Next Generation Advice (in liquidation) (Next Gen) after the Queensland Supreme Court ordered the company be wound up on August 23. ASIC specified ...