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No surprise advice industry fears ASIC: Panel

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... additional steps that arguably are not required by law. He directed the first question to Sciacca and pointed out that Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy was surprised by the level of fear the advice community has with ASIC during her review. ...

Australian Ethical chief investment officer resigns

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... Australian Ethical said a global search for Macri's replacement is now underway, adding that it expects to see a high-quality pool of candidates given the firm's reputation for ethical investing.

Still work to do on QAR: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
Michelle Levy recounted hearing feedback on the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) for the first time to a panel comprising Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Phil Anderson, Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Sarah ...

Burgeoning challenges of the advice industry: Padua

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
... clients, building relationships and engaging the client in the advice process. It's an important consideration for us and the Quality of Advice Review will go away to address that we reduce the time it takes to produce advice documents," Esler said. ...

Current legislation "wrong way around": Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy believes providing financial advice with a focus on best interests duty and duty of priority is doing things the wrong way. Commenting on her proposal to replace the best interests duty and duty of priority ...

A year of change: Phil Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
... be one of positive change. "We're out there seeing things that are going to make it easier for advisers to provide quality advice to their clients, and I'm positive about what the future will look like," he explained. "We have to keep working ...

AFA president positive on industry outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... thanked them for their service and encouraged them to remain engaged and involved in the profession. Meanwhile, on the Quality of Advice Review, Perera welcomed the move away from prescriptive to principles-based legislation. "It means there's going ...

AFA Thrive Conference kicks off

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... challenges ahead. Some expected highlights over the next three days are Michelle Levy's panel discussion around how the Quality of Advice Review will impact the advice sector as well as AFA chief executive Phil Andersons session on advocating for ...

The time for change is now: Jones

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... time for change in the advice sector. Appearing via video link on the opening day of the conference, Jones spoke of the Quality of Advice Review and the sweeping changes proposed so far, saying: "Now is the time. We want to ensure we do it properly ...

Centuria, MA Financial buy $223m tower

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... executive Julian Biggins said: "The calibre of Allendale Square means it is well positioned to take advantage of the flight-to-quality trend occurring throughout the office market." "This is particularly relevant in a market like Perth's CBD where the ...