Meanwhile the government says it wants to lower the cost of advice. The governments regulator is ballooning how much t...
If an adult signs a form stipulating a payment to occur, that should be the end of the matter - no need for the governme...
Commissioner Hayne recommended Consent Forms to stop Bank Executives [not Advisers] illegally taking fees out of consume...
AustralianSuper and Australian Retirement Trust have posted the financial results for the 2022–23 financial year for their combined 5.3 million members....
A $34 billion fund has come out on top with a 13.3 per cent return in the last 12 months, beating out mega funds like Australian Retirement Trust and Aware Super. ...
The verdict in the class action case against AMP Financial Planning has been delivered in the Federal Court by Justice Moshinsky....
The removal of the Safe Harbour steps and streamlining of SOA's is just a necessary step to enable the government to legislate to allow for the introduction of Sales People (called Qualified Advisers) into the Industry Funds and back into Banks and Insurance companies to sell products to uninformed Australians.
Tell me how having sales people called Qualified Advisers doesn't water down the value of a Professional Adviser who is properly qualified and experienced and tell me how this will not confuses Australians seeking sound retirment and protection advice? Those Australians getting advice from "Jones's Qualified Advisers" will not know the difference (on face value) between highly qualified Professional advisers until its too late!
This is a joke... FCS / Industry Funds ask... And they get!!! There is zero care by the Minister Jones and his Government on how this will impact both the Advice Industry, Professional Advisors and how it will impact Australians financial advice outcomes....
introduce sales people (to be called qualifed Advisers) int