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AFA criticises draft FASEA standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... advisers operate as part of a larger system and don't have complete control of the template or content of the Statements of Advice they present to clients or the information that they rely upon, the AFA said.

Managed accounts aid adviser time management

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAY 2018
... which saves 97 minutes per week. Advisers also reported spending up to 93 minutes less each week on preparing Statements of Advice. "We find that because advisers can save time on things like administration, they have more time to spend on higher value ...

Advice fintech shutters Sydney office

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAY 2018
... solve problems faced by our prospective clients." Earlier in May, Intiger announced it was now producing statements of advice for CBA pilot programs, which will apply to Commonwealth Financial Planning, Financial Wisdom and Count. Intiger explained it ...

Royal Commission invite refused by Dover

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... "Fine...I can't recall," McMaster replied. As McMaster's testimony continued it was revealed that all of the Statements of Advice prepared by Dover's authorised representatives were, up until recently, reviewed by a law firm owned and operated by McMaster. ...

Technology for advisers by advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 APR 2018
... between AGBA and PlanFocus aims to solve that by directly linking goals-based fact finding and goals-based Statements of Advice - a need that is required not just at the advice end but also at the MDA provider end, she added. AGBA will host another development ...

Decimal announces key super fund contracts

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 27 FEB 2018
... said the super fund's 565,000 members have embraced digital advice. "We have delivered over 23,000 digital Statements of Advice (SOAs) to our members, helping us to lift member engagement and understand and support retirement outcomes," he said. Decimal ...

ASIC bans Perth adviser

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 23 FEB 2018
... his clients' needs, the regulator said. ASIC also found Leake made false and misleading statements in his Statements of Advice (SOAs). He claimed to have considered his clients' circumstances in relation to the waiting periods for income protection policies. ...

Best interest duty failures lead to EU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 19 FEB 2018
... the use of a single fund the firm had a relationship with, HUB24. Further, clients were not provided with statements of advice for the financial product advice they received. In response, HUB24 said it had no commercial arrangements with Orth or Real ...

Increased scrutiny driving regtech need

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... organisations have expanded the capabilities of their Artemis tool to encompass real-time risk detection in statements of advice, providing the ability to upload documents directly into the engine and conduct an immediate compliance check. "We are building ...

Digital advice embraced by all ages: Decimal

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 25 AUG 2017
... business hours. This said women were most engaged with their super between 10am and midday, completing 482 statements of advice at this time. Men completed 464 SOAs in the same time period. "The insights show that 43% of all logins were by women, 28% ...