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ASIC accepts EU from Victorian adviser

HARRY PAGE  |  THURSDAY, 11 DEC 2014
... fail to comply with the Statement of Advice requirements. In accordance with the EU, O'Brien cannot provide financial advice for a period of one year. However, should he chose to re-enter the financial services industry after the one year period, he ...

FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... tape and compliance driven processes that did not achieve the then Minister's stated aim of improving the quality of advice for consumers." During the morning session in the Senate, Finance Minister and Senator Mathias Cormann asked the opposition to ...

Paradigm acquires Melbourne-based practice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... Account. Nalty described Portfolio Managers as the "ideal cultural fit." The Melbourne-based practice specialised in advice for high net worth investors and self-managed superannuation funds, though most investments were managed off-platform. "An MDA ...

Poor advice forces changes to SMSF practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
A self-managed super fund (SMSF) advice business has been forced to improve its advice processes over concerns that it was providing poor advice to clients. Melbourne-based Interprac Financial Planning agreed to address concerns from the Australian ...

Instos offer advice at a loss to drive product sales: EY

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 9 SEP 2014
Large financial institutions have undervalued advice for decades by offering it at a loss to lead clients into product sales, Ernst & Young (EY) have said in their submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). EY argued that decades old industry ...

Senate bill challenges general advice definition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... interested in selling a product." He noted that "the term advice implies something beyond information. In terms of general advice for financial products this is not the case and therefore the bill's purpose is to clear up the misconception." Whish-Wilson ...

AdviserEdge kicks off with "live build"

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 18 AUG 2014
... days will revamp Latz's personal practice, The Parents Adviser. The Parents Adviser specialises in providing financial advice for families who have a child diagnosed with cancer. Latz, who is also the chairperson of the Cure Our Kids cancer charity ...

AFA appoints chief commercial officer

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 AUG 2014
... influence the fabric of the financial advice profession and the broader financial services sector to achieve great advice for more Australians," Fuchs said.

ASIC considers compulsory advice for complex products

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
Mandatory financial advice for the sale of complex products is among the measures the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is considering to protect consumers from the risks posed by these investment vehicles. In a newly published ...

AFA launches 2014 mentoring program

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... the advice community and will continue to support, educate and develop newer advisers so that they can provide great advice for more Australians," he said. Jack said the mentoring program provides aspirants with access to some of the industry's best ...