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Advisers embrace less back-office burden

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUN 2023
... have welcomed the elimination of many back-office inefficiencies under the federal government's adoption of the Quality of Advice Review recommendations. Some of the QAR recommendations assistant treasurer Stephen Jones flagged he will adopt include ...

Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
The wealth management industry has broadly welcomed the bulk of the Quality of Advice Review recommendations Labor will prioritise, with many agreeing that the reforms will fix financial advice and ultimately benefit consumers. In releasing the first ...

Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... give superannuation funds a larger role in making financial advice more affordable as it announces which out of the 22 Quality of Advice Review recommendations will become a reality for the wealth management sector. Minister for financial services Stephen ...

Link Group acquires Allens' company secretarial business

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 JUN 2023
... base." Meanwhile, Allens chief operating officer Matt Graham commented: "Our aim is to ensure a continued excellent quality of service for Allens' clients and broad development opportunities for our people. We're confident our new arrangement ...

Regulation, funding inhibits digital advice: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... personal advice territory, particularly after the High Court ruling in the Westpac case on general advice". While the Quality of Advice Review is expected to solve the issue of blurred regulatory lines and lack of certainty, the report said, providers ...

Abolishing FDSs a major win: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
The Quality of Advice Review's recommendation to abolish Fee Disclosure Statements would be a major win for financial advisers as many continue to grapple with providing accurate documents to clients. The Financial Advice Association Australia general ...

VanEck launches US bond ETF

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... increasingly looking for portfolio defence as inflation remains high and markets are volatile... Improving the credit quality of investors' fixed income sleeve can help build portfolio defence given US Treasury Securities are the 'go-to' ...

ASIC revises IDR reporting framework

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 8 MAY 2023
... She added that the framework is a culmination of detailed consultation with industry to improve and standardise the quality of IDR data. "Collection of IDR data will improve ASIC's capabilities as a data driven regulator. This data will give greater ...

Adopt QAR recommendations now: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 2 MAY 2023
Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy says the government is stalling the implementation of the recommendations set out in her final report. The 267-page report, initially released to government in December, included 13 primary recommendations ...

ASIC updates breach reporting guidelines

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 28 APR 2023
... acting executive director of financial services and wealth Suneeta Sidhu said: "Our focus is to improve consistency and quality of reporting practices by licensees and reduce regulatory burden where we can. The improved guidance will support industry ...