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Voting opens for MAX Awards

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAY 2017
... may vote in as many categories as you like, but you can only vote once. Click here to see the full list of finalists, register to attend and cast your votes.

Poor compliance sees AFSL suspended

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
... not disclose the nature of services provided by Australia Wealth Capital Group though a search of the regulator's AFSL Register shows the company was previously authorised to provide a number of services including general financial product advice and ...

Banks can offer fintech an olive branch

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 1 MAY 2017
Financial technology upstarts promise to reinvent financial services, yet large institutions are accused of hindering progress. In an email blast to thousands of customers last year, Commonwealth Bank warned the use of certain fintech services could ...

Mobile education drives advice professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
Financial advisers looking to increase their level of education in the face of the professional standards legislation can now do so through a joint venture between knowITdigital and vocational education provider Monarch Institute. Users of knowITdigital's ...

Deadline looming for adviser tax registration

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
Advisers are urged to register with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) or else risk operating illegally, warns a member. TPB director and financial planner Julie Berry told industry colleagues at a recent conference that if they have not yet registered ...

Adviser cybercrime insurance launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
Adviser Ratings and a global insurance and risk management provider are launching an insurance policy aiming to protect advisers against cybercrime. Financial advisers registered on the Adviser Ratings platform will be eligible to take out cyber liability ...

Record adviser numbers attend Sydney ABDO

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 MAR 2017
The Financial Standard Advisers Big Day Out (ABDO) Investment Manager Roadshow hit Sydney today, with more than 500 financial advisers and industry professionals registering for the annual event. Held at Shangri-La Hotel, Pyrford International strategic ...

Fintech Nod takes on the unadvised

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 21 MAR 2017
A new fintech is hoping to reach out to the 80% of people who don't see financial advisers via a digital financial advice platform. Nod, backed by accelerator H2 Ventures, is aiming to bring financial experts to people on demand. Clients can ask a question ...

Major ASIC project finds serious financial advice concerns

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2017
... subscribers. At the time of the report's release, this represented only 38% of advisers on ASIC's Financial Advisers Register. In regards to remediation and compensation, ASIC said institutions had paid out $30 million in total by 31 December 2016. This ...

Liftoff imminent at Spaceship

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAR 2017
The countdown is on at fledgling start-up and technology-focused superannuation product-provider Spaceship, as chief executive Paul Bennetts attempts to convert his waitlist of 22,000 into a $1 billion fund. Touring around multiple start-up hubs this ...