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Higher premiums a problem, not a trend: AFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... a trend, according to AIA's chief executive. Speaking on a panel at the Association of Financial Advisers national conference AIA chief executive Damien Mu said calling it a trend sets the wrong expectation. "We do know that we have a problem when it ...

Stephen Jones changes tack on risk advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) national conference, shadow minister for financial services and superannuation Stephen Jones said his views on life insurance have been challenged. Jones said he has reflected on arguments ...

Hume puts finfluencer followers on notice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... rely on the government for compensation. Speaking on the first day of the Association of Financial Advisers national conference, the minister for superannuation, financial services and the digital economy warned consumers that make a financial decision ...

ASIC worried about finfluencers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 SEP 2021
... financial advice is too expensive. New ASIC chair Joe Longo spoke at the Association of Financial Advisers' annual national conference. Longo said ASIC is committed to addressing unmet financial advice needs in Australia, offering the example of a middle-income ...

Advisers filter clients via ethical lens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021
... compassion at the forefront of their business practices. Crabbe told yesterday's Lifespan Financial Planning National Conference that some advisers are facing the dilemma of having to let go of clients and therefore revenue because values simply ...

SMSFs given small LRBA win

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... all other conditions are satisfied, this will not be the case," Burgess said. Speaking at the recent SMSFA National Conference, Burgess reminded delegates that taxpayers must apply for administrative relief if they are unable to make the minimum yearly ...

ASIC zeroes in on bad SMSF advice, conduct

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 FEB 2021
... its new powers in superannuation. ASIC commissioner Danielle Press told the recent SMSF Association's National Conference via video link that several key projects are progressing to address the poor advice and behaviours that remain active in the ...

ATO targets SMSF fraud

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 22 FEB 2021
... focusing attention on new SMSFs registrations after identifying illegal release of super. Speaking at the SMSFA National Conference assistant commissioner Justin Micale said results of its 'secure front door program' showed new registrations increased ...

The future of quality advice: SMSFA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2021
... a quality financial advice business. Speaking at the Self-managed Superannuation Fund Association (SMSFA) National Conference, Deloitte director of wealth advisory practice Mark Ryan explained reflecting on the lessons of the Royal Commission brings ...

SMSFs primed for best financial interests duty

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2021
... deputy chief and director of policy and education Peter Burgess told the association's first day of its National Conference this morning that the reform is something the SMSF sector should have no concern about. "SMSFs have always been held to a ...