Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association

STOCKBROKERS AND FINANCIAL ADVISERS ASSOCIATION

Financial planning

Why Zoom will never beat face-to-face advice

While the digitalisation of advice has improved access drastically, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, there is a limit to how much Zoom can be relied on....

Financial planning

Don’t enforce Standard 3 and 6 until Treasury review

In its submission to Parliament, the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association recommend holding off enforcement of those parts of the code of ethics until it has b...

Financial planning

Has AFCA grown beyond its mandate?

The Federal Treasury has been told that in circumstances where the Australian Financial Complaints Authority is hearing matters involving wholesale clients and can make b...

Financial planning

Proposed Code Monitoring Authority will be ready to roll

The Code Monitoring Authority established by the major financial planning associations will be ready to roll if, and when, it gains sign-off from the Australian Securitie...

Financial planning

FPA and other associations lodge formal code-monitoring application

The Financial Planning Association, Association of Financial Advisers and other professional association backers will today lodge a formal application with ASIC to operat...

Financial planning

Uncertainty hampers new advice regime

Intense lobbying by financial advisers has made Federal parliamentarians aware of their problems with the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority regime but unce...