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AMP partners with Morningstar

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
AMP appointed Morningstar as its external research provider to advice licensees. Working with AMP's existing in-house advice research team, Morningstar will provide a range of services to enhance investment research and governance across approved product ...

Code of ethics still the main game: FPA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
Financial Planning Association of Australia head of policy and standards Ben Marshan said the FASEA-led Code of Ethics remains the biggest game changer to the advice industry. Speaking at the Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum on ...

IOOF manager joins HUB24

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018
... 10 professionals. In August, HUB24 lifted its revenue targets for the next three years, as it its platform and advice licensee swelled their revenues in financial year 2018. It is now expecting to hit $19-$23 billion in funds under advice by FY21, as ...

ASIC moves to make licensees FASEA compliant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
ASIC has opened consultation on a regulatory update that would see FASEA's minimum education requirements imposed on the responsible manager of a licensee. The regulator has proposed updates to Regulatory Guide 105 that would reflect the professional ...

ASIC to review FDS compliance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 16 OCT 2018
ASIC will review financial advice fee disclosure statements and renewal notices, after licenses submitted breach reports to the extent the corporate regulator is concerned about systemic non-compliance. The FDS review will examine to what extent advice ...

CBA to refund dead customers, grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 9 OCT 2018
Commonwealth Bank will refund unauthorised advice fees charged to dead customers and rebate all grandfathered commissions charged to clients of Commonwealth Financial Planning. Taking further action to improve its wealth management business, CBA has ...

HUB24 lifts targets

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
HUB24 has lifted its revenue targets for the next three years, as it its platform and advice licensee swelled their revenues in FY18. It is now expecting to hit $19-$23 billion in funds under advice in by FY21, as opposed to its last year's forecast ...

Conflict of interest too great for NULIS: Royal Commission

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2018
... Pressing the issue, Hodge read Smith the transcript of her earlier answer. "You said, 'my view is that when the advice licensee had determined what methodology it would use to review the appropriate provision of services, that would be the point in time ...

Adviser Ratings to predict licensees' quality of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 31 JUL 2018
Adviser Ratings is proposing a new rating system for Australia's 1800 financial advice licensees that could potentially predict instances of misconduct. The new system, outlined in a new white paper, will see licensees rated in two ways; the first using ...

Former Australian Unity executive joins advice licensee

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2018
A financial advice dealer group has added its third former Australian Unity executive this month. Former Australian Unity Personal Financial Services chief executive Steve Davis has joined Infocus Wealth Management in the newly created role of chief ...