SOA

Life/Risk

Behavioural economics sits at the heart of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s new example statement of advice for life/risk advisers....

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Accounting

GPS Wealth has announced the launch of a cloud-based statement of advice tool for accountants, which would produce SOAs for setting up SMSFs, among other functions....

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Life/Risk

A recent court case sheds light on the details advisers need to consider when replacing an insurance policy, Col Fullagar writes. ...

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Financial planning

After scanning through thousands of Statements of Advice, Katherine Marchant runs through the common mistakes planners make that jeopardise best practice....

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Life/Risk

ASIC’s upcoming report on risk insurance churn is likely to lead to further debate on removing commissions but would overlook the related costs of advice according to Syn...

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Life/Risk

Advisers must be extremely diligent about ensuring they fulfill their duty of care, as two recent court cases have shown. David Glen runs through the post-FOFA adviser ch...

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Financial planning

Former ASIC officer turned consultant calls for standardised, regulated SOA document....

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Financial planning

Australian financial services businesses using overseas staff increase markedly in six months...

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Financial planning

Warning that FOFA fee disclosure requirements will create more problems than they fix....

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Financial planning

When it comes to fee disclosure statements, advisers need to consider what the regulator wants; what is expected from a legal viewpoint; and how disengaged clients are li...

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Financial planning

Hong Kong-based private wealth management company Harris Fraser Group is using the Australian retail advice model to poach high-net-wealth clients from private bankers....

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Accounting

With the limited licensing regime for accountants set to begin on 1 July this year, SMSF specialists are weighing up their options....

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Superannuation

XPlan is developing a SOA template for four local government superannuation funds....

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Tools & guides

The option of using a record of advice has been available to financial advisers for a number of years. Samantha Hills clears confusion as to why planners would use one, w...

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Editorial

Financial planning practices often need to use the services of legal professionals. Samantha Hills gives tips on how to find lawyers and work with them to achieve the bes...

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