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Wealth firms 'still have PTSD from the Royal Commission': Deloitte

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... cautious due to the lingering effects from the Royal Commission. "Firms are very hesitant to think about what the future of advice will look like, particularly in a mass market environment," she said. However, she added that Australia's regulatory ...

Wholesale investor test reform has several ramifications: SIAA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... drew up its submission to the inquiry and will shortly publish it once its committee signs off. "We support the Quality of Advice Review recommendation that stated that high-net-worth clients who have provided a qualified account certificate should also ...

Advisers urgently call on Treasury to recognise degrees

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... as professionals needs urgent reformation. "At the end of 2023, the number of new entrants across the entire financial advice sector was only 381," she said. "We know there are very few Professional Year candidates currently progressing with our member ...

Former super fund adviser receives permanent ban

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
... Spirit Super. He was licensed by the fund between April 2021 and November 2022. Prior to that, Dzawo was licensed by Link Advice, owned by Link Group, for about three years. Between February 2016 and February 2018, he was licensed by First State Super ...

Advisers should leverage US tech blueprint: SIAA panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
While the US is at the forefront of financial advisers leveraging the best technology available, Australia's advice industry cannot be left behind and should learn from the blueprint it has laid out, investment experts told the Stockbrokers and Investment ...

FAAA calls for 'fairness' ahead of Budget

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2024
The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) has called on the Federal government to better manage costs across the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) and implement a fairer ASIC funding levy for advisers. In its pre-budget submission ...

'Just do what you say you'll do': ASIC's message to trustees

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
ASIC commissioner Simone Constant says the regulator's new report on exorbitant advice fee deductions is not a criticism of advisers, rather of trustees failing basic obligations, with more still needing to be done by the reviewed funds some 12 ...

Inflation spooks retirees more than healthcare costs

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... cautious about how and what they spend money on, given the rising cost of living and inflation pressures. Equip Super head of advice Paul Stocker said it's completely understandable that everyday Australians are feeling the pinch of rising costs. ...

AFCA finds more Dixon Advisory victims

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... complaints at the end of April, which will further exacerbate the costs and levy financial advisers must pay. The Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) has slammed the additional costs their members will incur that has already generated about ...

Frontier grows consulting, governance teams

ELIZABETH FRY  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAY 2024
... in additional, capable support to help our established senior and principal consulting ranks prepare and deliver quality advice and service will be beneficial for both our clients and our consulting team more broadly. "We look forward to helping our ...