financial advisers

Policy & Regulation

FSC argues for exclusion of ‘experts’ from new claims-handling rules

Accountants, doctors and other should be excluded from the coverage of claims handling as a financial service and insurers should be allowed to continue giving ‘factual s...

Financial planning

IOOF identifies 67 ‘high risk’ advisers

IOOF has confirmed the existence of 67 advisers it regards as being in the high risk category as it gets ready to start client remediation early this year....

Financial planning

Advisers need more education on platform fees

Financial advisers need to start asking which parts of the value chain benefit from hidden or indirect fees to help avoid conflicts of interest and grow their business, a...

Financial planning

Limited licensing has failed claims SMSF Association

The SMSF Association wants the Government to dump its limited licensing regime for accountants on the basis of it having failed to meet its objectives and having, instead...

Policy & Regulation

Make annual opt-in flexible, workable says AFA

Advisers and their clients should retain control of opt-in arrangements and there should be flexibility for low fee-paying clients with less frequent interactions, accord...

Financial planning

ASIC provides advisers a best interests break on DDO

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission will regard personal advice entailing client best interests as obviating many of the adviser strictures of the new de...

Financial planning

FASEA answer holds line on code of ethics

Financial advisers are being asked to do no more than other professions in terms of assessing their obligations under Standard 3 of the adviser code of ethics, according ...

Financial planning

Impact of reforms on planners is ‘catastrophic’

After two decades of stress and pressure from reforms, planners are now facing their own economic uncertainty as many will exit the industry in the new year, according to...

Financial planning

Advisers can deepen client relationships with model portfolios

Advisers can use model portfolios to free up time to build and maintain relationships with clients, according to State Street Global Advisors....

Financial planning

Obtaining PI is a problem and ASIC knows it

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has formally acknowledged that some advisers are struggling to obtain professional indemnity insurance, but the regul...

Financial planning

Lonsec launches new ESG rating

Financial advisers will be able to identify which ‘sustainable’ products would align with their clients’ values....

Financial planning

AFCA will use FASEA code

The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has said it will take the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics into account in making its determi...

Policy & Regulation

FPA urges personal best interest duty for mortgage brokers

Mortgage brokers themselves rather than credit licensees should be made to honour a best interest duty to clients, according to the Financial Planning Association....

Financial planning

Majority of Australian retirees don’t have a financial adviser

Most Australian retirees are not involved with any financial professionals and navigate their way through their retirement finances independently, according to Franklin T...