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Experience pathway consultation opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2023
... additional education requirements to be a qualified tax relevant provider. The Professional Standards of Financial Advisers Act 2017 introduced new education and training requirements to improve consumer outcomes and increase public confidence in the ...

Commissions likely to stay: Hume

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 APR 2021
The coalition has hinted that it will not eradicate commissions paid on life insurance products, acknowledging that financial advisers' bottom line has struggled since the introduction of the Life Insurance Framework reforms. While the government's ...

NZ overhauls regulation of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... the works for several years now, with legislation first introduced to Parliament in 2017. In mid-2019 the Financial Advisers Act 2008 was repealed, and the Financial Services Legislation Amendment Act was introduced.

Former AMP adviser in enforceable undertaking

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2021
... created extra revenue for Thorne. "ASIC first took action in this matter because the law requires that financial advisers act in their clients' best interests. Those providing financial services must not prioritise their own interests or simply implement ...

Fee for no service on APRA and ASIC radar

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
APRA and ASIC issued a joint letter warning superannuation funds and financial advisers that they will take a tougher approach to ensuring the fee for no service debacle is not repeated. The regulators are taking a more stringent stance on financial ...

New Zealand advice industry to be overhauled

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 AUG 2017
... Financial Services Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Act 2008 (FSP Act), while also repealing the Financial Advisers Act 2008 (FA Act). Under the new Bill, all financial advisers will be moved into the FMC Act regime. Unlike the FA Act ...

Mercer handed fine for unlicensed advice in Singapore

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 10 SEP 2015
... Monetary Authority of Singapore has fined Mercer Singapore S$15,000 ($15,100) for contraventions of the Financial Advisers Act. On 18 August, Mercer Singapore accepted composition amounts of $10,000 for contravention of section 23B(3) of the FAA and ...

NZ looks to Trowbridge for life reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... response to New Zealand's Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment's upcoming review of the country's Financial Advisers Act. "We expect the MJW independent report will identify possible solutions for these issues," Neilson said. "The FSC aims ...

Investors at risk of disengaging from advice

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 17 NOV 2011
A new survey has found that some investors who currently have a financial adviser are increasingly disengaged with the value of financial advice, with younger investors among the most dissatisifed. The Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction survey ...

Australians wary of advice commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2008
... the advice. "The survey demonstrates that there is a strong public support for a legal requirement that financial advisers act in the best interest of their clients," said Whiteley.
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