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Financial planning

Three of Australia’s largest financial advice groups have shared their thoughts with Money Management on whether they would include crypto on their approved product lists...

Financial planning

Only 11 per cent of financial advice practices have said they are including crypto products on their approved products lists, according to CoreData....

Life/Risk

Using life insurance APLs at institutionally-aligned advice licensees has the potential to breach best interests duty and most continue to funnel new clients into in-hous...

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Financial planning

Structural and regulatory shifts in the market are opening up opportunities for the fund administrator to grow its business....

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Financial planning

Questions have been asked about how and to what degree advisers will be affected when the Australian Securities and Investments Commission chooses to exercise its product...

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Financial planning

Platform provider HUB24 has pointed to some positives from the removal of grandfathered commissions....

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has warned that handing ASIC product intervention powers will add to the cost of advice while limiting the scope of approved product...

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that a combination of circumstances may leave the financial services industry no option other than to embrace open Approved Product Lists....

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Life/Risk

A key Parliamentary Committee has urged strong scrutiny of past and present insurance Approved Product Lists and move to fully open APLs....

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Financial planning

Approved Product Lists help make advisers more efficient and keep the cost of delivering advice under control, according to the Financial Services Council....

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Financial planning

Regulatory and commercial reality will result in the major institutions having to open up their approved product lists, according to HUB24 managing director, Andrew Alco...

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Financial planning

Convincing product committees to get managed accounts onto APLs used to impede planners from using them but this trend was now shifting....

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Policy & Regulation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has warned that while open APLs might help, the benefits will be undermined by vertical integration and conflicts of ...

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Life/Risk

The life insurance industry is missing out on an opportunity by just having half a dozen providers on APLs without basis, according to a panel....

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Life/Risk

A Money Management survey has revealed overwhelming support for planners to be unconstrained by APLs with respect to the selection of insurance products....

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