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Abolishing FDSs a major win: Panel

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 16 MAY 2023
The Quality of Advice Review's recommendation to abolish Fee Disclosure Statements would be a major win for financial advisers as many continue to grapple with providing accurate documents to clients. The Financial Advice Association Australia general ...

Still work to be done on group insurance: ASIC

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 MAR 2023
Superannuation funds need to improve the life insurance they provide members, with ASIC finding trustees have not made sufficient effort to do so since it began targeted work in the area in 2019. Last year, ASIC reviewed the actions of 15 trustees in ...

ASIC issues more interim stop orders

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2023
... temporary suspension, valid for 21 days, to prohibit Interactive Brokers from offering, issuing, or giving a product disclosure statement (PDS) and to stop it from providing general advice to retail clients in relation to SYEP Derivatives. The watchdog ...

QAR does not "trash" FoFA: Anderson

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2023
... material improvements for financial advice clients," he said. "Who could possibly disagree with the removal of Fee Disclosure Statements (FDS), removing the mandatory obligation to provide long and complex advice documents and the other reforms that ...

Mixed outlook for paraplanning: Study

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JAN 2023
... paraplanners believe the cost of advice can be attributed to the SoA or paraplanning itself. The survey showed the average plan fee for a standard comprehensive advice document is around $450 to $650 - around 8% to 12% of the cost of advice stated by ...

Vanguard cops fine for greenwashing

RACHEL ALEMBAKIS  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
... fined by ASIC over greenwashing. Vanguard paid $39,960 to comply with three infringement notices related to product disclosure statements (PDS) for the Vanguard International Shares Select Exclusions Index Funds. ASIC noted that the Vanguard International ...

North adds new managed portfolio capability

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2022
... explained its scale assists advisers in reducing investment management fees, branded quarterly reports and product disclosure statements. AMP director of platforms Edwina Maloney said it's been a big year for the North platform. "Throughout 2022 ...

Crescent Wealth responds to PDS error criticism

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2022
... not directly impact a member's account - except for a very small number of low balance members who benefit from capped fee arrangements." Therefore, Crescent Wealth stated that for most of its members, the fund's misreporting against RG97 has ...

Crescent Wealth misreports indirect costs, breaches regulatory standards

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 28 NOV 2022
... correctly, breaching regulatory standards. The finding follows a review by Equity Trustees, of the fund's product disclosure statement provided to members since July 2017. Equity Trustees said the indirect cost ratio disclosed were incorrect and ...

Focus on providing 'good advice': QAR draft proposals

JAMIE WILLIAMSON, CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2022
... Turning to disclosure documents, Levy has proposed replacing current requirements for advisers to give clients annual fee disclosure statements, seek their agreement to renew fee arrangements and obtain their clients' signed consent to deduct fees ...