CODE OF ETHICS

Financial planning

The code of ethics would be improved if many of the standards were amended to reflect the intent of the code, the SMSF Association believes. ...

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Financial planning

Industry submissions regarded as fundamental to the final shape of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics have been made visible on the FASEA...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has delivered key tweaks to its code of ethics, but the initial reaction from advisers has been one of scepticism and...

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Financial planning

The draft Financial Planners and Advisers Code of Ethics 2019 guide is open for consultation....

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Financial planning

Understanding the full implications of the code of ethics and its implementation as well as the best interests duty might be bothering some advisers....

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Financial planning

The Profession of Independent Financial Advisers has created a decision tree to help advisers understand the complexities of variable income and avoid conflicts of intere...

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Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission actually sought to rein in some elements of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics that ...

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Financial planning

Documents obtained under Freedom of Information have confirmed that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission was closely consulted about development of the Fi...

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Financial planning

Yet another organisation has joined the chorus of voices calling for change to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics, particularly Standard ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority remains on notice from a key Parliamentary Committee to explain the consultative processes it used to reach the Finan...

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Tools & guides

There are subjective trends in the distinction between retail and wholesale clients, writes David Barrett, and it is important advisers get it right to avoid costly mista...

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Life/Risk

Plaintiff law firm Maurice Blackburn says the major life insurers have been shown to have been persistently ignoring their own code of conduct by a report from the Life C...

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Policy & Regulation

Licensees work hard for the stamping fees they are paid and should be entitled to keep them, according to Investment Collective managing director, David French....

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Policy & Regulation

Research and ratings house Lonsec is suggesting to financial planning firms that it may need its services in appropriately meeting the requirements of the new Financial A...

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Financial planning

Standard 3 of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics goes further than is conventional and risks doing commercial damage....

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