Keith Ford

View articles by Keith

Keith 's social profiles:

E-mail Author

News by this author

Financial planning

24 Jul

Insignia staff at risk of slashed redundancy provisions

Insignia Financial has proposed slashing staff redundancy pay arrangements by 58 weeks, potentially making it one of the lowest in the industry. ...

Financial planning

04 Jul

DBFO bill passes Senate

The Delivering Better Financial Outcomes bill has been passed in the Senate following amendments....

Financial planning

01 Jul

AFSLs urged to check for inconsistencies on FAR

ASIC says spot checks have “identified errors and inconsistencies” on the Financial Advisers Register and urged AFSLs to assess the accuracy of their records....

Financial planning

25 Jun

Licensee petition launched to seek CSLR amendments

A group of licensees have put together a petition calling on the government to fix major issues around the CSLR levy and Delivering Better Financial Outcomes legislation....

Financial planning

21 Jun

Senate committee delays DBFO bill report

The Senate economics legislation committee has pushed back the release of its findings on the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes bill, the same day as the Coalition wri...

Financial planning

21 May

Former AMP adviser makes call to arms over BOLR settlement

A former AMP financial adviser has urged advisers in the BOLR class action against AMP to object to the “unfair and unreasonable” $100 million settlement sum as the objec...

Financial planning

14 May

Former NSW adviser sees permanent ban upheld by AAT

ASIC has announced the Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld a former NSW-based adviser’s permanent ban following his conviction for fraud offences....

Financial planning

07 May

ASIC’s Kirkland clarifies SOA checking concerns

Despite fears under the first draft QAR bill, ASIC has confirmed that it does not expect superannuation trustees to check every Statement of Advice. ...

Financial planning

02 May

Insignia details impact of Godfrey Pembroke exit

New Insignia Financial CEO Scott Hartley has detailed the impact of the Godfrey Pembroke exit and the progress in resetting its financial advice model on its latest quart...

Financial planning

24 Apr

JAWG in Treasury talks over adviser education standards

The JAWG has announced it is in talks with Treasury around five “core principles” to strengthen the education standards for new entrants to the financial advice space....