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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has confirmed that it helped fund a consumer submission by two Griffith University academics to the Financial Adviser...

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Financial planning

Retirement was always a primary reason for financial advisers selling their businesses but the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has accelerated many retir...

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Financial planning

Both the Australian Securities and Investments Commission and the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority face having to explain the circumstances behind a key s...

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Features

Amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, Australian financial advisers were also witness to significant changes, writes Mike Taylor, not least with respect to AMP an...

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Editorial

The widespread general criticism of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s latest efforts around code of conduct guidance should be the catalyst for the G...

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Financial planning

The amount of new professional year entrants is less than a tenth of the total amount of advisers that have exited the industry this year. ...

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Financial planning

A link has been uncovered between the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s Consumer Advisory Panel and a key submission regarded as highly supportive of the...

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Financial planning

A designation of work by two Griffith University academics as “consultancy/commercial research” has raised questions about the status of a 2018 submission to the Financia...

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Financial planning

Newly public submissions to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority pointed to consumer groups having been insistent on key changes to the Code of Ethics whi...

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Financial planning

A wide cross-section of the financial advice industry has delivered a harsh message to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority about the continuing shortcomi...

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Financial planning

The code of ethics would be improved if many of the standards were amended to reflect the intent of the code, the SMSF Association believes. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has been accused of simply complicating matters rather than bringing greater clarity to its financial adviser code of...

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Financial planning

Clarity around Standard 3 of the financial adviser code of ethics is vital and the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority needs to stop playing ‘semantic games’...

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Financial planning

The submission, that has not been made live by the authority, matches material obtained by Money Management earlier this year that sought to understand the meaning of “in...

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Financial planning

Industry submissions regarded as fundamental to the final shape of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics have been made visible on the FASEA...

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