 Katie Johnston Senior Associate, The Fold Legal (at time of writing)
KATIE JOHNSTON | WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019 The challenges for AMP advisers with their buyer of last resort arrangements (BOLRs) has dominated the headlines. Many other advisers have BOLR arrangements with their dealer groups/licensees and while many of them have not yet refused to honour them ... Read more KATIE JOHNSTON | THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2019 The sale of financial advice portfolios is on the rise and both buyers and sellers are finding new ways to allocate risk. In this post, we put the current deal trends under the microscope. Read more KATIE JOHNSTON | FRIDAY, 15 FEB 2019 The financial services industry has seen blow after blow recently with the introduction of new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority (FASEA) education standards and the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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