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Financial planning
Two of Australia’s largest licensees believe the removal of the safe harbour steps will have the greatest impact on advisers, but believe a new name is needed for the pro...
Financial planning
Minister for financial services, Stephen Jones, has unveiled the final tranche of his Delivering Better Financial Outcomes reforms with a focus on banks, simpler document...
Financial planning
A new artificial intelligence tool set to hit the market by the year’s end seeks to alleviate financial advisers’ main pain points, led by Raiz Invest founder, George Luc...
Financial planning
Amidst concerns that video SOAs or a shorter advice document could replace paraplanners, this industry professional sees it as an opportunity for them to upskill....
Financial planning
Three things are missing from the government’s formal response to the QAR, according to the FAAA’s Phil Anderson, while a panel has shared why they believe the QAR should...
Financial planning
Financial advisers are a declining “olden days” model, says Michelle Levy, who instead has focused her Quality of Advice Review on digital advice rather than relevant pr...
Financial planning
Recommendations like the removal of SOA requirements and embracing digital advice have been strongly endorsed by industry groups, who state this is ‘the time for bravery’...
Financial planning
Financial advice technology provider Asendium believes paraplanners are the key to unlocking growth and efficiency for the Australian advice sector....
Financial planning
In a move likely to be welcomed by advisers, Michelle Levy has stayed the course to do away with Statement of Advice requirements....
Financial planning
In her recommendations in the Quality of Advice Review, Michelle Levy has stayed the course to do away with Statement of Advice requirements....
Editorial
There’s room for improvement with advice documents and advisers have made suggestions that could save time and effort while enhancing consumer comprehension....
Policy & Regulation
ASIC senior executive leader, Leah Sciacca, has reiterated the corporate regulator “encourages tech and innovation” in the financial services industry. ...
Financial planning
With Statements of Advice often cited as one of advisers’ biggest challenges to delivering affordable advice, the Financial Planning Association of Australia has released...
Financial planning
Advisers need to be innovative in how they present a Statement to Advice to clients as the future of the document will be less about regulation and more about presentatio...
Financial planning
The advice industry should not waste resources discussing changing the name of Statement of Advice (SOA) documents and instead follow what legislation requires, which is ...
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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 ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...