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Removing the term ‘general advice’ and renaming intrafund advice and robo-advice to intrafund information and robo information would help reduce the cost of financial adv...
Financial planning
Advisers need to understand the types of risk specific to retirees and implement strategies to minimise the risk of outliving their savings as two-thirds do not believe t...
Financial planning
Financial advice misconduct has often been met with overlapping and conflicting requirements creating a reactionary regulatory framework and this is the camel that people...
Financial planning
A panel has agreed that a hybrid advice model is needed to close the advice gap but the digital side needs to be trusted by the consumer and holding them account to what ...
Financial planning
Greater access to advice could deliver half a trillion dollars to the Australian economy, while reducing Age Pension spend and increasing incomes, according to research f...
Expert Analysis
Andrew Walsh explores what trends have disrupted financial advice this year and how the sector is proving resilient in the face of change....
Financial planning
Having moved to outsource paraplanning and expanded its life/risk approved product list, AMP is flagging a significant advice strategy update next week. ...
Financial planning
Providing simple financial advice should not need best interest duty as the amount of risk a consumer would take is low and unlikely to be against their interests, accord...
Financial planning
The deregulation minister should be present at financial services meetings to start reducing red tape and the sooner red tape has been reduced the better, according to a ...
Policy & Regulation
Ex-Synchron adviser Anthony Vivian Dick dishonestly used $1.1 million from his clients’ accounts which was spent on items including a $72,000 boat....
Expert Analysis
The focus on sustainable investments, from investors and regulators, has reached a tipping point. This provides both challenges and opportunities for financial advisers, ...
Financial planning
Independent financial advisers aligned with MLC Wealth will have access to up to $10,000 to help them transition to IOOF, but it is in no way a ‘sign-on bonus’ according ...
Financial planning
The corporate regulator is extending temporary relief for financial advice and capital raisings due to the continuing uncertain impact of COVID-19....
Financial planning
Non-advised clients were more likely to switch their investments to cash or increase cash allocations during the pandemic than advised ones, according to the Australian S...
People & Products
Financial adviser social network, XY Adviser, is launching its first equity crowd fund to allow members to own a piece of the firm. ...
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Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...