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Hefty $1m penalty a warning to Aussie financial advisers
An Australian financial advice firm has been hit with a A$1m ($766,575, £581,700, €659,100) civil penalty, the first handed out by the Federal Court of Australia for failing to act in the best interests of its clients in accordance with the Future of Financial Advice (Fofa) reforms.
Best Practice Adviser Awards Hong Kong 2017
IA presents video highlights from the event, which was held on 10 October at the Island Shangri-La Hotel in Hong Kong.
Best Practice Adviser Awards Singapore 2017
IA presents video highlights from the event, which was held on 12 October at the Marina Mandarin Hotel in Singapore.
Analysis: Asia’s advisers called to arms
Winners of International Adviser’s Best Practice Adviser Awards in Asia have called on their peers, product providers and regulators in Hong Kong and Singapore to help drive positive change within the industry.
Best Practice | 27 Oct 17
Driving advice in Europe from sales to profession
Advisers in Europe need to embrace the hurricane of legislation that is about to hit them or risk “driving their business into a cul-de-sac with no reverse gear“, writes Chris Lean, a Czech-based chartered financial planner with Aisa International.