There can scarcely be a financial planner in Australia who would begrudge Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Chris Pearce his inclusion on Money Management’s list o...

Creating another four example statements of advice, including one with a “real fair dinkum super switch”, will be among the corporate regulator’s chief tasks in the year ...

A potential disadvantage of outsourcing paraplanning is that advisers can come to rely so much on the services of a paraplanning firm, that they abdicate their profession...

Corporate super advisers are seeking further guidance from ASIC on the provision of advice to fund members, particularly in areas where individuals are seeking more perso...

Federal Government moves to cut the compliance burden on the financial planning industry could backfire, creating more questions than answers for advisers....

The corporate regulator is standing by its decision to ask Bridges Financial Planning to conduct an external audit of its compliance procedures, despite claims by Bridges...

There is a great deal of focus on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s (ASIC) requirements in regards to statements of advice (SOAs). Complying with the...

Tasmanian financial planner Brendan Moore could still escape criminal conviction when he is sentenced by a Federal judge on November 2, even though he pleaded guilty to t...

An example SOA has now been published by ASIC, intended to provide guidance to planners on the giving of documented financial advice. So is the regulator up to scratch wh...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) was prompted to create an example statement of advice (SOA) in response to the Federal Government paper Refine...

It is a problem that everybody knows about, and some have solutions for, yet it will not go away. Australians are not buying risk insurance, and far too-few advisers are ...

The corporate regulator’s 12-page example SOA has been welcomed by the FPA, but criticised by the Federal Opposition for still being too long....

RetireInvest has updated the SOA templates used by advisers, reducing documents to around 30 pages....

Melbourne dealer group Lonsdale Financial Group has proved that Statements of Advice (SOA) do not need to be long and complex, reducing their disclosure documents to just...