AMP bids farewell to 6 advisers

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The financial advice profession has seen double-digit adviser losses over the past week, including six advisers who departed Australia’s largest advice licensee.

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Centrepoint Alliance hot on heels of 3 major licensees

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Centrepoint Alliance has the opportunity to sneak up from behind while the three major licensees are distracted as chief executive John Shuttleworth tells Money Management that it aims to “be stable in a sea of turmoil”.

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Fourth Line makes strategic partnership with Numerisk

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Risk management and compliance system Fourth Line has partnered with insurance broker Numerisk to launch a new PI insurance solution for financial advice practices.

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Relative Return: The long view – megatrends to watch

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In this episode of Relative Return, host Keith Ford speaks with Matt Reynolds, investment director at Capital Group, about how the firm’s history and fundamental research help it maintain a long-term investing mindset.

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Melbourne AR banned for $650k client fund misappropriation

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An authorised representative of Capstone Financial Planning has been permanently banned for misappropriating more than $650,000 in client funds.

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PM Capital acquisition boosts retail flows at Regal

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Regal Partners has grown funds under management to $12.2 billion and flagged it may consider smaller bolt-on acquisitions, having withdrawn a bid last year for Pacific Current Group.

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The trust equation in advice

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Financial advisers report experiencing trust issues from consumers still distrustful after the Hayne royal commission and in their own staff, but overall trust levels are on the rise.

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Melbourne fund manager sees AFSL suspended

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ASIC has suspended the AFS licence of a Melbourne fund manager responsible for six managed investment schemes.

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Former ASIC deputy chair to head up AFCA panel

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Former ASIC deputy chair Peter Kell is to chair the Australian Financial Complaints Authority’s consumer advisory panel.

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Dixon Advisory to be expelled from AFCA membership

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Dixon Advisory is to be expelled by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority, preventing any new complaints being made against the firm.

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