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Financial planning

Advisers say they are seeing a light at the end of the tunnel for the first time in a while after a challenging period of regulatory change....

Financial planning

Under 40% of financial advisers are members of the largest professional body representing financial planners in Australia, according to data....

Financial planning

The design and distribution obligation does not consider the unnecessary and unworkable record keeping and reporting the regime places on planners, as well as unfairly pa...

Features

While finfluencers are on the rise and targeting younger investors, this presents an opportunity for advisers to help investors separate the information from the noise, w...

Policy & Regulation

Industry bodies have welcomed the Government’s decision to implement a temporary reduction in cost recovery levies for the next two years, as well as a review of the indu...

Financial planning

The two industry bodies are working on a set of requirements to support an industry standard on advice fee consent and arrangements as it believes solutions to fee comple...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association of Australia has appointed Marc Olynyk as its new chair of the Financial Planning Education Council....

Policy & Regulation

Eight industry associations say the compensation scheme of last resort will become a “go to” rather than a last resort and excludes product providers from accountability....

Financial planning

Social media influencers taking kickbacks is no different to the ‘bad old days’ of commission, according to one MP, as the regulator cracks down on ‘finfluencers’. ...

Financial planning

A 100-page statement of advice to satisfy lawyers has been branded as ‘absurd’ from a parliamentarian....

Financial planning

As industry organisations face Parliament to argue against rising regulatory levies, the Australian Financial Complaints Authority has praised financial advisers for rece...

Financial planning

The association says the current levy formula is not sustainable and needs to be reviewed immediately....

Features

Advice practices need to put more work into their culture, career structures and salaries if they want to attract and retain what little supply there is of current and fu...

Financial planning

Any wrongdoing by advice providers working outside the licencing regime will see financial planners bear the brunt of their actions, according to an association....

Financial planning

The roles of the adviser and licensee may need to be more clearly defined for the individual adviser registration regime to properly function. ...

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