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Priced out: Advice affordability at risk

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2019
... consumers who need financial advice." ASIC's Report 627 Financial advice: What consumers really think, found Australians view cost as the main barrier to accessing advice. Lifespan Financial Planning chief executive Eugene Ardino says at the same ...

Merger costs may impact short-term returns: ASI

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 SEP 2019
... holding test, the panel's moderator REST chair Ken Marshman asked. "That's another one to manage from a timing point of view... [I guess it is how you] bring together the custody side of the business, whether you've got any contracts that ...

Client ethics the future of advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
The personal ethics of clients are only going to become increasingly relevant to advice practices as the demographics they serve shift. Presenting at the 2019 Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference in Adelaide, Ethics Partners founder ...

Risk commissions must be retained: MetLife

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... fees and commissions has been too binary, Lippiatt said. "It's either fee for advice or commission for advice. In our view, we actually think that it's appropriate and it's actually a good idea to have both models in place and then let the ...

Business savvy needed ahead of FASEA deadline

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 29 AUG 2019
... was nothing about advice but you are dealing with the consequences." He was particularly critical of the Royal Commission's view on adviser's commissions. "Commissions are all about affordability. Commissions were developed because consumers couldn't ...

The highest honour: 2018 AOTY reflects on win

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
The outgoing Adviser of the Year, Hugh Robertson, has revealed how much receiving the honour has meant to him. Awarded the title of Adviser of the Year for 2018 at last year's Association of Financial Advisers' National Conference, Robertson described ...

Train of legislation to hit advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers National Conference, former Foreign Minister Julie Bishop expressed sympathy for the regulatory changes the advice industry is facing. Touching on the Royal Commission, Bishop said the reputational harm ...

Super funds hungry for offshore assets: NAB

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... the corporate and retail sectors. Some 88% of super funds tend to fully hedge infrastructure exposures. "More funds want to view currency risk through the same lens as other asset allocation decisions and feel that running a higher foreign exposure is ...

Climate policy more than divesting: UniSuper

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2019
... problem gets solved," she said. "In recent decades, that process is working less and less well. The community seems to have a view but can't get it expressed through the normal policy making process, and so therefore there's another attempt to go 'Well ...

Value but no trust in advice: Report

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 26 AUG 2019
... circumstances don't warrant advice (29%). The research found those consumers who had received advice had a more positive view of the industry - being four times more likely to say they had "a great deal" of confidence in advisers. Interestingly, the ...