SWITCHING

Financial planning

Licensee switching may be on the rise, but AFSLs are still finding ways to make the process difficult with small licensees identified as the biggest culprits. ...

Financial planning

ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

Financial planning

The FSCP has issued a written direction to an adviser who charged clients “extraordinary fees” for inappropriate and conflicted advice, as well as encouraged them to swit...

Financial planning

ASIC commissioner Alan Kirkland has described the problem of telemarketers encouraging people to switch their super as “the worst behaviour”, and one where the regulator ...

Financial planning

Tighter legislation is being urged around anti-hawking laws to prevent ‘dodgy advisers’ from scamming consumers to switch superannuation funds. ...

Financial planning

Some 650 advisers switched licensee in third quarter of 2022, the busiest quarter for over a year, according to Adviser Ratings' Musical Chairs report....

Superannuation

Superannuation trustees have revised their policies after the Australian Securities and Investments Commission found a lack of oversight and control measures in relation ...

Financial planning

Respondents to a Money Management survey have pointed to the mislabelling of industry fund’s investment options and the absence of enough advice around switching to cash....

Superannuation

Switching a member from an industry super fund to a retail master trust does not necessarily make them worse off, according to the Australian Prudential Regulation Author...

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