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Govt to address underinsurance

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2007
... this end of the industry must be less complicated to make that advice affordable, why do we need a 15-20 page statement of advice to recommend to a client $400,000 of life insurance?" he said. D'Apice said all institutions, advisers and the government ...

IWL enters MA ring

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 NOV 2007
... and exchange traded options platform. By merging the two products, IWL now offers includes account opening, statement of advice templates, client management, equity execution and settlement as well as portfolio administration and end-of-year tax reporting. ...

MLC reduces SOA burden

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2007
It's not quite wafer thin but MLC has reduced its Statement of Advice (SoA) templates by more than two-thirds shortly after the introduction of the 'Incorporation by Reference' legislation. The new law, which was introduced three months ago, mandated ...

AFS tailors record profits

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 22 OCT 2007
... fact find. We also sit down with them and give them a report on what we've found. They then come up with a statement of advice; we come up with an activity plan. And that's what they understand." Daly admitted that while the markets and growth in the ...

Financial Simplicity powers Portfolio Express

... life a lot easier in terms of rebalancing and so on." The new tool also has additional features including a Statement of Advice generator and the option to route resulting orders back to the platforms for execution. Holdsworth said that they plan to ...

Industry cheers red tape cuts

... proposed laws, financial planners will only need to provide a Record of Advice (RoA) as opposed to a full Statement of Advice (SoA) for individuals investing less than $15,000. Planners also don't have to produce SoAs if they did not receive pay for ...

Advice shortage shows system is failing: TOWER

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUN 2007
... proper financial advice. Minto strongly supports consumers being protected, but said that when even a basic Statement of Advice (SOA) document costs an adviser as much as $1250 to prepare, then very few advisers can really afford to see clients unless ...

Planners should not face criminal charges: FPA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... cost on planners. According to the FPA, a planner can face up to five years jail for failing to provide a Statement of Advice within five days of giving advice. "It is essential that there are balanced legislative provisions in place that both protect ...

Asset Super launches into advice

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 18 DEC 2006
... advice. Money Solutions telephone coaches will then handle the call for a low flat fee after which a detailed statement of advice is sent via mail. If the advice relates to superannuation, the payment can be deducted from the member's account with Asset ...

At long last some logic on FSR streamlining

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 17 NOV 2006
... said the proposals paper. Reinforcing this, the paper also suggests, "Removing the requirement to provide a Statement of Advice when personal advice is provided that does not involve the recommendation of a product and no remuneration is received for ...