ZACH CASTLES

Features

2022 is set to have less compliance and regulatory activity, writes Zach Castles, leaving advisers with more time to focus on helping consumers and improving their busine...

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Financial planning

The cost to produce advice is around $5,335 but the average adviser is charging $3,660 and removing safe harbour and strengthening the code of ethics will reduce the cost...

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Financial planning

The roles of the adviser and licensee may need to be more clearly defined for the individual adviser registration regime to properly function. ...

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Expert Analysis

Financial Services Council policy manager – advice, Zach Castles, argues that regulatory pragmatism can help reduce the cost of financial advice....

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Features

The Financial Services Council’s Zach Castles makes the argument for pulling down the barriers to the delivery of scalable advice....

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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council is pushing a scaled advice model to help offset the exodus of advisers....

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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