STATEMENT OF ADVICE

Financial planning

Three things are missing from the government’s formal response to the QAR, according to the FAAA’s Phil Anderson, while a panel has shared why they believe the QAR should...

Financial planning

Financial advisers are a declining “olden days” model, says Michelle Levy, who instead has focused her Quality of Advice Review on digital advice rather than relevant pr...

Financial planning

Recommendations like the removal of SOA requirements and embracing digital advice have been strongly endorsed by industry groups, who state this is ‘the time for bravery’...

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Financial planning

Financial advice technology provider Asendium believes paraplanners are the key to unlocking growth and efficiency for the Australian advice sector....

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Financial planning

In a move likely to be welcomed by advisers, Michelle Levy has stayed the course to do away with Statement of Advice requirements....

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Financial planning

In her recommendations in the Quality of Advice Review, Michelle Levy has stayed the course to do away with Statement of Advice requirements....

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Editorial

There’s room for improvement with advice documents and advisers have made suggestions that could save time and effort while enhancing consumer comprehension....

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Policy & Regulation

ASIC senior executive leader, Leah Sciacca, has reiterated the corporate regulator “encourages tech and innovation” in the financial services industry. ...

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Financial planning

With Statements of Advice often cited as one of advisers’ biggest challenges to delivering affordable advice, the Financial Planning Association of Australia has released...

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Financial planning

Advisers need to be innovative in how they present a Statement to Advice to clients as the future of the document will be less about regulation and more about presentatio...

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Financial planning

The advice industry should not waste resources discussing changing the name of Statement of Advice (SOA) documents and instead follow what legislation requires, which is ...

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Financial planning

Centrepoint Alliance has thrown its weight behind introducing short and succinct Letters of Advice instead of lengthy Statement of Advice documents, as they would free up...

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Financial planning

A one-page overview would be better at engaging clients with advice and to demonstrate how the advice is helping clients achieve peace of mind....

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Financial planning

Servicing 200 to 300 clients will be the future for financial advice as long as the technology stack is up to scratch, according to an adviser....

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Financial planning

The relief measure allowing advisers to provide a record of advice rather than a statement of advice to clients that needed advice due to the impact of COVID-19 has been ...

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