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MLC launches new advice business

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
MLC has introduced a new advice business to the market, retiring the Apogee, Garvan and Meritum brands and appointing a general manager to lead the venture.

FASEA extension en route

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2020
The government's move to extend the ban on conflicted remuneration to listed investment companies and trusts is expected to provide financial advisers with some much needed certainty.

Rich Dad feels for financial advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
Author of ubiquitous personal finance self-help book Rich Dad Poor Dad Robert Kiyosaki says he feels for financial advisers amid the COVID-19 pandemic - though he won't be taking their advice.

916 advisers gone in three months, ASIC responds

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAY 2020
ASIC chair James Shipton insists the regulator is concerned by the number of financial advisers leaving the industry and how COVID-19 could amplify the issue, as it is revealed almost 1000 left since the pandemic hit.

How advice can conquer stigma

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
Hostplus' head of advice and financial planning believes providing modules of the comprehensive financial advice model might help to reduce stigmas which stop people from getting help with their finances.

Advisers involved in ERS scams: ASIC

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
ASIC superannuation senior executive leader Jane Eccleston has written an article pointing to financial advisers as part of the problem in scams targeting people's super amid COVID-19.

Client drags advice firm, advisers to court

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2020
A woman has dragged an advice firm and its leads to court, claiming they took control of her bank accounts and misappropriated about $1.4 million of her money.

Challenger launches new retirement tool

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Challenger has launched a new tool to help retirees and pre-retirees better understand the financial realities of retirement.

FASEA blame game on in earnest

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
Both the government and the opposition have been happy to blame one another for the Parliament's failure to pass the FASEA extension bill this week.

Technical Services Forum: Testing risk tolerance

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2020
In uncertain times clients may not be as risk tolerant as previously thought, the virtual Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum has heard.