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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
Padua Solutions co-founder and co-chief executive Anne-Marie Esler explained to the audience at the Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) Thrive Conference that there are four key challenges facing the financial services industry. There are four ...

The untold story of adviser education

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
On day two of the Association of Financial Advisers' Thrive Conference, Kaplan Professional chief executive Brian Knight said there's plenty of statements being thrown around about education, often without a lot of data behind them. However ...

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
Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Phil Anderson believes this year may finally 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 ...

AFA president positive on industry outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
At the opening of the Association of Financial Advisers' Thrive conference, AFA president Sam Perera expressed an extremely optimistic outlook about the advice industry's future. "I do believe we are turning a corner, the opportunities we have are tremendous ...

AFA Thrive Conference kicks off

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
The Association of Financial Advisers' national conference is back in-person for the first time in three years, taking place on the Gold Coast. Delegates were welcomed to the conference by hosts Cara Williams from Sufficient Funds and Tim Ross from ...

The time for change is now: Jones

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
Assistant treasurer and minister for financial services Stephen Jones has told the Association of Financial Advisers' THRIVE Conference that now is the time for change in the advice sector. Appearing via video link on the opening day of the conference ...

AMP cops $14.5m penalty over fees for no service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... Responding to the action, AMP said: "In 2018, AMP became aware that some AMP Flexible Super members continued to be charged a Plan Service Fee after transferring from their corporate super plan into a retail account. AMP took action to rectify the issue ...

Research explores advice industry's maturation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
New research has measured the progress made towards achieving recognised professional status within the Australian financial advice sector. An academic article authored by financial adviser and researcher Ben Neilson noted that advisers have recently ...