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FS Power50 names most influential advisers in 2018

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2018
... said. "In our analysis of the 50 advisers who made the list, all of them are pushing for more stringent educational standards, devoting more time to work with local communities and keeping pace with changing expectations to do right by their clients. ...

Overhaul executive remuneration: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2018
... and evaluates their performance on customer advocacy or net promoter score. This week we ask if the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's examination blueprint is fair and reasonable.

BEAR should be expanded, ASIC included: Shipton

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... undertake a review to ensure they are holding themselves to the highest standard of account, "using as a benchmark the standards we expect of others." Asked who or what body would be charged with ensuring ASIC complies with the regime, Shipton said the ...

Adviser-matching app launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
... can ask software providers and provides a technology assessment checklist to compare vendors. FPA head of policy and standards Benjamin Marshan said traditional adviser business models are not working efficiently in an environment of increasing costs ...

Increase adviser standards sector-wide: FSU

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 NOV 2018
The new professional standards imposed on financial advisers should be rolled out across the entire financial services sector. That is the view of the Finance Sector Union which said a process of professionalisation should extend to other occupations ...

FPA honours top advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... his opening address, FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said with the challenges facing the industry, the need to raise standards is unquestionable. "The FPA is not perfect and there is much we can do to improve. The FPA commits to making change and in ...

Read the whole thing: FASEA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2018
... sometimes passionate and occasionally misinformed poets of market discussion regarding our task". FASEA believes the standards blueprint now available represents a practical and workable solution, Glenfield said. "Importantly, we believe the standards ...

FASEA releases draft degree requirement legislation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 NOV 2018
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority released its long awaited degree requirements for existing financial advisers and new entrants. FASEA has proposed the maximum requirement for an existing adviser be a graduate diploma of eight subjects ...

FASEA listens as advice industry combs blueprint

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018
The initial response to FASEA's education and ethical standards blueprint suggests the document needs more tweaks. However, it's clear the authority is listening to its advice industry constituents. The Association of Financial Advisers, the Financial ...

Code of ethics still the main game: FPA

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
Financial Planning Association of Australia head of policy and standards Ben Marshan said the FASEA-led Code of Ethics remains the biggest game changer to the advice industry. Speaking at the Challenger Financial Standard Technical Services Forum on ...