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Advice associations slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
An industry group has lashed out at the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association of Australia, labelling them conflicted and driven by self-interest. The United Financial Advisers Association (formerly known as the Life ...

Adviser cops three-year ban

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2019
... under the Corporations Act 2001's sections 920A(1) and 920B(2). Marshall holds a diploma of financial services (financial planning) and other qualifications in SMSFs, mortgage broking and finance. He is also a member of the Association of Financial Advisers ...

Vanguard pilots new robo offering

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019
... According to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Vanguard is launching a new digital-only financial planning service through Vanguard Advisors. The offering, which is being piloted, will be called Vanguard Digital Advisor and ...

CommSec responds to sale rumours

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2019
... under advice. CBA's advice businesses are split across its business bank (CommSec), business bank (Commonwealth Financial Planning)and NewCo (Financial Wisdom). CBA recently offloaded Count Financial to CountPlus for $2.5 million with a $200 million ...

Dealer group to fight grandfathered commissions ban

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
Lifespan Financial Planning has thrown its financial support behind the fight to retain grandfathered commissions. It has contributed $10,000 to the Adviser Regulatory Fund set up by the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals to ...

Industry Fund Services adopts regtech solution

KRISTI CHENG  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... quality and audit effectiveness. Instead of a traditional, manual compliance review of only a sample of client financial planning files, an automated pre-assessment of up to 100% of files will now be possible. Advice Regtech said it will vastly improve ...

AMP advisers prepare for battle

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 13 SEP 2019
... group, with the association saying AMP is simply offloading practices it can no longer profit from. The AMP Financial Planning Association has prepared legal packs for members outlining their options going forward after a survey of its member practices ...

Senate creates committee on fintech, regtech

KRISTI CHENG  |  THURSDAY, 12 SEP 2019
... products or services for up to 12 months without an Australian financial services licence or credit licence. The Financial Planning Association of Australia welcomed the creation of this committee and expressed its "full support". "It is great to see ...

Queensland-based AFSL suspended

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... town of Esk in Queensland and appears to be a family owned and operated small business with an emphasis on the financial planning needs of farmers.

AFCA ombudsman addresses adviser concerns

KRISTI CHENG  |  TUESDAY, 10 SEP 2019
... addressed common adviser concerns regarding the authority's introduction of legacy complaints. Speaking at a recent Financial Planning Association of Australia event, Singh said AFCA will apply the standard of the relevant time in complaints where laws ...