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Financial planning

The long-term gains of simplifying financial services legislation

Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) president, Justice Sarah Derrington, has illustrated her vision for the financial services industry following the commission’s rev...

Financial planning

Communicating value in clear and simple terms

Communicating a client value proposition in clear and simple terms is crucial to running an advice practice and will lead to a more cohesive relationship with the client,...

Financial planning

Reaching the younger generation

Being user-friendly, tech-friendly and cost-effective are non-negotiables for the next generation of investors, with many having been burnt by assets such as cryptocurren...

Financial planning

How can Australia lessen the advice gap?

The advice gap is more acute in Australia than other parts of the world, according to a panel of industry experts, and is lagging behind in digital advice propositions....

Financial planning

RI Advice cybersecurity case will be first of many

The Federal Court’s ruling that RI Advice failed to have adequate cybersecurity risk management systems is a sign of things to come, according to the Cyber Security Resea...

Financial planning

Adviser exam unlikely to see improvements

ASIC chair, Joe Longo, has told advisers there is little the corporate regulator can do to improve the financial adviser exam, despite negative feedback from candidates....

Financial planning

Should the financial adviser exam be based on specialties?

Shadow minister for financial services Stephen Jones would support changes to the financial adviser exam so that Professional Year advisers could choose to sit an exam ba...

Financial planning

Jones commits to enacting experience pathway

Shadow minister for financial services, Stephen Jones, has assured the financial services community that Labor’s proposed ‘experience pathway’ will still be implemented i...

Financial planning

Drilling down into the SDB

With the Single Disciplinary Body in operation but yet to convene a panel, Michelle Huckel, Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association policy manager, has explained...

Financial planning

SIAA name change to highlight breadth of profession

The name change decision by the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association was about highlighting the profession rather than a decision to distance itself from the a...