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Midwinter unveils new adviser tool

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2022
... priorities, allowing for more relevant conversations during client meetings and reduced time and effort to produce a Statement of Advice." Interestingly, in the Quality of Advice Review's interim report and consultation paper released this week, chair ...

Focus on providing 'good advice': QAR draft proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... written Record of Advice to a client on request, replacing the current requirement for advisers to provide a Statement of Advice or Record of Advice. Advisers can either continue to give their clients a copy of their Financial Services Guide or make ...

Advisers receive guidance on rights under FSCP

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2022
... convened. Situations in which ASIC must convene a panel include matters of insolvency, fraud, failure to approve a Statement of Advice, contraventions of financial services law, and refusal or failure to give effect to an Australian Financial Complaints ...

COVID-19 financial advice relief to be repealed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2022
... The central tenants of these reliefs allowed financial advisers to provide a Record of Advice, rather than a Statement of Advice, to existing clients requiring financial advice due to pandemic related impacts. Relief was also given by way of financial ...

Super Fierce targets gender wealth gap

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... through its proprietary calculator and compares against every open fund in market. It then provides a digital Statement of Advice and provides assistance in switching, if needed. As of February, women have already saved about $25 million in lifetime ...

Quality of Advice must consider digital: Ignition

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 31 JAN 2022
... used to refer to the digital enablement of advice delivery. It can include delivery of personal advice with a Statement of Advice that complies with the best interest duty and related obligations. "From the perspective of Ignition Advice, if a serious ...

Most paraplanners will not become financial advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 20 JAN 2022
... report said. In the future, it could be possible to have both adviser and paraplanner names sign off on the Statement of Advice. It takes paraplanners four to six hours to complete a standard SOA that are priced between $451 and $550.

ASIC sets out limited advice expectations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2021
... information sheet INFO 267: Tips for giving limited advice provides tips. It also released an example limited advice Statement of Advice advisers can use as a template. ASIC tells advisers to "use your professional judgement when identifying the subject ...

ASIC outlines ROA guidance

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 NOV 2021
... asked questions about usage, preparation and record keeping. It also outlines the exemptions from providing a Statement of Advice (SOA) e.g. where there is no buy or sell advice, where the advice relates to an investment no larger than $15,000, COVID-19 ...

Industry mixed over FSC advice framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... steps abolished as a result of complying with the Best Interests Duty, and the Letter of Advice to replace the Statement of Advice and Record of Advice by 2023. Synchron director Don Trapnell said these proposals make sense but called into question the ...