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ASIC launches planner register

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... September. "The new register enables consumers to find out information about their adviser before they receive financial advice. It also gives employers greater ability to assess new financial advisers and will improve ASIC's ability to identify and ...

Treasury starts consultation for higher advice standards

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... education requirements. "With the right model, improvements in the qualifications, competence and ethics of the financial advice industry will be a win-win," Frydenberg said. The PJC proposed a co-regulatory model, in which Government, professional associations ...

AFA can't give Trowbridge report "complete support"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... acknowledging that there is a growing momentum from advisers towards fee for service, particularly for comprehensive financial advice, we believe Australians will pay more for life insurance advice if these recommendations are implemented," Fox said ...

Adviser Ratings revamps website in prep for FAR launch

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAR 2015
... communications director Christopher Zinn. "Our goal is to use our independent voice to re-engage consumers with financial advice and this will require speaking to them on their own terms."

Degrees don't ensure good financial advice

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... new standards could "limit mid-career transitions" from professions he saw as potentially contributing value to financial advice, such as teaching or nursing. "And some of the old dogs will get out. Is that fair? You don't have a degree, but you've been ...

Vertically-integrated advice model can work

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... things by your shareholders," he explained. "Ultimately, you just have to ask yourself: when you are providing financial advice, are you a service provider, and if so what is the best advice in the interest of the client, or are you a product salesperson?" ...

Macquarie to close Risk Advice Specialists

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... understands that the five Risk Advice Specialists planners will transition to other licensees outside of Macquarie's financial advice business. Risk Advice Specialists was launched in 2012 with six advisers recruited from Patronus Risk Specialists. It ...

Mercer becomes first FPA accredited salaried firm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 MAR 2015
... designed to recognise high-calibre financial planning practices that qualify after rigorous screening. Mercer financial advice leader for the Pacific market Michelle Smith said: "65% of Mercer's advisers are Certified Financial Planners (CFPs) compared ...

Advisers need to provide multi-pronged services

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2015
Cost is a prohibitive factor for many Australians in taking up comprehensive financial advice, but they are happy to transition from lower-priced discrete advice to a holistic service over time. This is the key finding of Investment Trends' 2014 Advice ...

Marketing key to $480bn post-retirement opportunity

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2015
... pre-retirees in APRA-regulated funds said low fees would encourage them to stay with their fund in retirement. Financial advice is also seen as an attractive feature, with two in five (42.3%) saying the offer of financial advice services would encourage ...