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Clients want more communication from advisers: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 22 FEB 2022
... of client satisfaction, the number one attribute clients look for isn't advisers' technical ability or the quality of the advice - but the depth of the relationship, he said, pointing to some 43,000 advised clients who were surveyed. "Pleasingly ...

The Advisers Association appoints chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
... affordable advice, without reducing necessary consumer protections. "We will also engage with the government's Quality of Advice Review this year to remove unnecessary red-tape for advisers, enabling them to more efficiently service their clients." ...

Advisers can step up to retirement planning boom

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... according to SuperEd chair Jeremy Duffield, who predicts that retirement planning will be a major focus of the 2022 Quality of Advice Review. Advisers are said to be in the empathy business as much as in the finance business, he told a Vanguard event. ...

ASX chief steps down

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2022
... investigation and the imposition of licence conditions. "ASX continues to invest in contemporary technology to strengthen the quality of our infrastructure and reduce operational risk. We are diligently working through a program to address the recommendations ...

AFA responds to Quality of Advice Review

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2022
... to the voices of clients and overhaul the advice process. In its submission to the draft terms of reference for the Quality of Advice Review, the AFA is calling for redundant steps in the advice process to be removed and to have a system that centralises ...

Consumer advocates criticise advice review

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 3 FEB 2022
The Consumer Action Law Centre has concerns that the Quality of Advice Review draft terms of references forget Commissioner Hayne's findings on conflicted remuneration. In the centre's submission on the review's draft terms of references, it argued ...

Quality of Advice must consider digital: Ignition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
Ignition Advice senior adviser Andrew Baker has argued the government's Quality of Financial Advice Review must consider digital advice. In the terms of reference for the Quality of Advice Review, Treasury said it will "consider how the regulatory framework ...

T. Rowe Price launches new impact fund

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2022
... environmental change". The fund's approach focuses on three areas of impact: climate and resources, social equity and quality of life, and sustainable innovation and productivity guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs). It ...

Ellerston investments chief in new role

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... expertise in developing microbial therapies to treat unmet need, I believe we're in a strong position to improve the quality of life for people and continue to build our business into a global biotechnology leader," Hall said. "I'd like to acknowledge ...

Smart default fund to boost retirement incomes

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 10 JAN 2022
... for the three Commonwealth superannuation funds and APRA. "This 'Smart Default' fund will make a huge impact on the quality of life for Australians entering retirement because it will boost their retirement balances by, on average, at least 35%," he ...