FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

Legislation has moved through Parliament to end adviser grandfathered remuneration with the Association of Financial Advisers arguing that there was no balanced consultat...

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Financial planning

Financial services product providers have been urged not to move ahead of the Government’s January, 2021, timeframe in turning off grandfathered commissions....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers should not be inadvertently caught up in the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s tough new life/risk anti-hawking approach just because ...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers are facing yet more scrutiny by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission as it drills down on a large number of advice files....

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Financial planning

Life insurer TAL is to launch a mental health course for financial advisers to help boost their mental wellbeing amid the stressful Royal Commission changes....

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Financial planning

Australians have a sense of security when they seek financial advice from larger institutions and advisers should consider this if looking to move to smaller licensees, w...

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Financial planning

New research undertaken by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that consumers who use advisers actually value them, but that the industry r...

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Features

The financial services regulator responded to Royal Commission criticism with a ‘why not litigate?’ approach. Jassmyn Goh finds out what this means for advisers and how t...

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Financial planning

Advisers are in a position to demand more stringent warranties when they are looking to buy portfolios, The Fold Legal believes....

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People & Products

National consultancy group Elixir Consulting has launched a virtual business coaching portal for financial advisers in Australia....

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Financial planning

Most financial advisers strongly support the tax deductibility of advice, except where it involves products sales such as life/risk policies....

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Financial planning

Advisers should aspire to add value and go beyond being only investment managers selecting investments on behalf of their clients, according to Russell investments’ repor...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has told the Tax Practitioners Board that its proposal to impose the need for a Letter of Engagement on financial (tax) advisers is ...

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Funds management

DomaCom has announced it has launched a senior equity release product aimed at enabling financial advisers to offer the product to clients who are seeking to release a po...

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Funds management

BetaShares has announced that its exchange traded fund model portfolios are now accessible to financial advisers via separately managed accounts....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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Commonwealth Bank has formally dropped to zero advisers following LGT Crestone’s acquisition of its advice arm – some six years on from the Hayne royal commission. ...

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed who will succeed Stephen Jones to serve as the Assistant Treasurer and Financial Services Minister. ...

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The corporate regulator has cancelled the AFSL of a Queensland-based financial services provider, having held the licence since mid-2016....

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