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Plum launches free advice service

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JUL 2013
... superannuation provider Plum has launched an online advice tool that allows members to tailor content and generate a statement of advice for free. The tool aims at increasing people's engagement with their superannuation and at helping them to plan their ...

ASIC MDA review requires further clarity: IMAP

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 30 APR 2013
... makes it clear that a review can be taken through a Record of Advice (ROA), rather than a requiring a full Statement of Advice (SOA). A final key proposal made by IMAP in its submission to ASIC, is that MDA authorisations recognise functions actually ...

Advisers must gravitate from engagement to guidance: Mercer

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2012
... always wanted simple feedback, but the industry has in some cases become used to delivering a "ten-inch thick" Statement of Advice product to its clients, she said, speaking at last week's Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) conference ...

van Eyk launches new asset allocation tool

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... presentation of fund research and reporting which will make it easier for advisers to include information in a Statement of Advice. An upgrade to the database of managed fund research will provide even more detailed information on the more than 16,000 ...

Provisio SOA tool can test 'reasonable basis'

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUL 2012
... clause. The comparison tool lets advisors evaluate super switching options for their clients, and produce a Statement of Advice (SoA) in minutes, said Provisio Technologies. The tool can accesses the details of over 500 retail and industry funds, and ...

Resi property portal targets planners, SMSFs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2012
... from unlicensed real estate vendors and this didn't sit well with the trustees' or their financial planner's Statement of Advice process. To address this Odyssey developed "a model for licensed specialists that is not based on coloured brochures but ...

Plum upgrades online investment services

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  MONDAY, 18 JUN 2012
... service. "The sophisticated technology we're using to support this service means the adviser can provide a statement of advice in real time. Being able to deliver a recommendation that reflects the conversation and outlines the action a member can take ...

Commonwealth FP adviser banned

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
... purchase insurance by advising them that he would waive the adviser service fee and provided false information in Statement of Advice documents. According to ASIC, under the EU, Chan has agreed not to provide financial services in any capacity for a ...

Churning needs to be tackled with underwriters

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAY 2012
... specified time frame - say five years - we propose it should fall to the underwriter to request a copy of the Statement of Advice, determine whether the advice is appropriate, and if not, decline the case on the basis of a moral hazard. "One of the arguments ...

AMP elevates insurance for mining industry

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2012
... exams. "We've also loosened Elevate's underwriting requirements around financials so that where required a Statement of Advice and a Fact Find completed by a person's financial adviser will replace the need for a financial questionnaire signed by the ...