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UK regulator to inspect advice and guidance rules

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 4 OCT 2022
... wealthy can access financial advice. "Mass market consumers are often left to navigate a bewilderingly large choice with little support." She said this will remove some of the burdens of regulation that currently apply across the board to advisers. "It ...

Tech providers support QAR SOA proposals

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2022
... response, titled Through the Lens of the Modern Adviser, Henderson highlights extensive research that points to the SOA adding little value. "With years of evidence clearly indicating that SOAs do not hold the true value of advice for most consumers ...

FPA calls for sunset on experience pathway

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2022
... by decades of adding regulatory duplication in the form of eight regulators and overlapping regulatory obligations with little benefit for the end consumer," the association said. The FPA has recommended a 10-year sunset period be included in the experience ...

CALI progressing well: Mu

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2022
... Advisers (AFA) Thrive Conference after Hayes & Co director and principal adviser, Katherine Hayes mentioned there has been little said since the initial announcement of the entity. Mu said there has been a lot of work going on behind the scenes. "CALI ...

Still work to do on QAR: Levy

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 23 SEP 2022
... [Levy] outlined yesterday that she doesn't see best interest duty and good advice to the conflicting. And there is a little concern that the planners who have to deal with both might see a conflict. "But from what she said, it can coexist." Financial ...

Burgeoning challenges of the advice industry: Padua

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2022
... the profitability of an advice provider versus compared to what you're charging clients," Esler said. There's very, very little margin for the advice business, she added. Quality is another issue dogging the industry; speaking from experience, Esler ...

AFA president positive on industry outlook

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... accountability and responsibility for ourselves and our peers," Perera said. "My feeling is the sector needs to work a little bit harder for that; we need to get rid of the minority that may still exist in some dark corners that risk the future of this ...

The time for change is now: Jones

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 SEP 2022
... to safeguard the profession while also ensuring fairer treatment for existing advisers. "Some people may say it's gone a little bit too far with your experience pathway," Perera comments. Jones replied: "I think we've got the right balance; we haven't ...

Research explores advice industry's maturation

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2022
... planning becomes a true profession run by advisers, like other established professions run theirs," Neilson said. To date, little systematic research exists on professional attributes and professional progress within the financial advice sector, but ...

RBA anticipated to lift the cash rate

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2022
... now committed to lowering inflation, as are most other central banks. The Jackson Hole pronouncements have given the RBA little choice other than to raise rates by another 50 basis points at their September meeting to be followed by another 50 basis ...