SOA

Editorial

Col Fullagar outlines the steps required when determining the insurance needs of clients....

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Financial planning

Midwinter Financial Services has released new functionality it claims will 'revolutionise' financial planning in Australia by dramatically cutting the average time taken ...

Tools & guides

The question of whether the purchase of trauma insurance within superannuation is a breach of the sole purpose test has been resolved. Jennifer Brookhouse examines the im...

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Financial planning

Portfolio administration company Praemium is perfectly placed to take advantage of an impending shift towards a fee-for-service remuneration model in the UK, and plans to...

Financial planning

Frank Smith explains the importance of financial advisers tailoring Statements of Advice and how to avoid common mistakes....

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Life/Risk

Col Fullagar takes a look at compliance and administrative procedures and the way they can be effectively managed....

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Financial planning

Fleetwood Advisory Group director Steven Fleetwood has been banned from providing financial services for five years by ASIC following an investigation into his profession...

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Financial planning

Members of industry superannuation funds have exhibited strong reluctance towards paying more than $500 for financial advice, according to HESTA executive manager Debbie ...

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Financial planning

Coin Software has launched a new comprehensive SOA template to help financial advisers consolidate the data-gathering process and create greater efficiencies in the workp...

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Financial planning

Financial planners continue to grapple with customer relationship management (CRM) and platform systems, and integration is once again becoming a key concern....

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Financial planning

Dealer group Millennium3 won a recent court case against one of its former authorised representatives, Avoca Consultants, which it ejected after it failed to meet the gro...

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Financial planning

In the wake of the global financial crisis the financial software industry remains in a state of upheaval, with innovation relentless, competition fierce and smaller prac...

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Editorial

ASIC’s class order that created the Statement of Additional Advice (SoAA) is history. And good riddance, says Brett Walker. ...

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Financial planning

Today is officially the last day advisers can use Statements of Additional Advice as part of their advice process....

Financial planning

The practice of offering low cost SOAs and initial advice to potential clients and recouping the costs later is distorting the true cost of financial advice....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

4 months 1 week ago

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...

6 months 2 weeks ago

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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ASIC has banned a former NSW adviser from providing advice for 10 years for investing at least $14.8 million into a cryptocurrency-based scam. ...

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ASIC has issued a warning to financial advisers to ensure they are complying with client consent requirements when entering into ongoing fee arrangements....

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