Bert van Manen

Financial planning

Calls to scrap SOAs reemerge in Parliament amid DBFO delays

Former financial adviser and Coalition backbencher Bert van Manen has introduced a bill in Parliament, building on Michelle Levy’s good advice duty and calling for SOAs t...

Policy & Regulation

ASIC affordable advice project on hold due to SDB

Some of the CP 332 ‘Promoting access to affordable advice for consumers’ project has been put on hold as the corporate regulator assesses what funding will be needed for ...

Financial planning

ASIC green lights super fund financial advice model

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has endorsed the ability of superannuation funds to obtain advice services from financial planning firms underpinned ...

Financial planning

ASIC denies knowledge of intra-fund extension

It will be up to the Government to determine whether superannuation funds will be able to use member cross-subsidies to fund intra-fund advice, according to the Australia...

Financial planning

Grandfathering – ASIC relied on sample-based data

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has admitted that its earlier pronouncements on ending grandfathered commissions was based on sample-sized data....

Financial planning

ASIC looks to super funds as advice providers

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has acknowledged the likelihood of an advice gap, particularly for lower income earners, but is looking to superannua...