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ASIC planner deadline looms

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... qualifications, training and association membership details. Industry reception to the register has been mostly positive. An AMP spokesperson told Financial Standard that the register continues to have AMP's "full support", and that AMP "supports easily ...

AMP's Hillross crowns best advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
AMP-owned financial planning firm Hillross has handed out its Adviser of the Year, New Adviser of the Year and Firm of the Year awards at a ceremony this week. Sydney planner David Kennedy was crowned Adviser of the Year for his ability to "set meaningful ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... policy across all of their investment options - mirroring a policy many funds already have on tobacco companies. UniSuper and AMP Capital, meanwhile, introduced a fossil fuel screen for their responsible investment options. However, the divestment action ...

Original FoFA laws take immediate effect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Financial advisers must fully comply with Labor's original Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws from today, after the Senate voted to disallow the government's amendments last night. The reversion to the original legislation took effect as soon as ...

Higher adviser education standards boost CFP demand

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... with financial planners to find a tailored solution." Commonwealth Bank (CBA), Westpac, National Australia Bank (NAB) and AMP have increased the minimum education requirements for their financial advisers, following industry debate prompted by several ...

Cormann to welcome cyclist advisers at FPA conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
... disadvantaged young Australians. So far half of the funds have been contributed by corporate partners: the FPA, AMP Financial Planning and Matrix Planning Solutions, according to the FPA's foundation Future2. The remainder is being raised by the cyclists ...

AFA names 10th Rising Star Award winner

ALICE URIBE  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... advice." The other finalists were Ben Nash from Successful Ways, Catherine Wells from Plansure Solutions, Samantha Robinson from AMP's Eluvia and Phil Thompson from Thompson Financial Services. In accepting his award Budge thanked his dealership GPS ...

AMP University Challenge winners revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
A team from Griffith University in Queensland has won the AMP University Challenge, a national financial planning competition for university students who want to find out more about being a financial planner. The event was held in Sydney and attracted ...

Adviser trust improves client outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... education standards for some time. In the past two months major banks inlcuding CBA, Westpac, NAB and financial services giant AMP have lifted their education requirements for advisers. This followed intense public debate on raising professional standards. ...

FSC advice regulation plan leaves AMP cold

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... Financial Services Council (FSC)'s recently proposed advice regulation plan lacks the support of one of its biggest members. AMP has said it does not believe in a regulatory solution to restore consumer confidence and trust in financial advice, contradicting ...