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Compliance alone doesn't make the grade

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 24 JUL 2006
... associations, regulatory and compliance check boxes and inward looking debates, many had missed the point of financial advice and used compliance as a fix-all. And when it comes to providing the best available advice, Sanders believed that the next key ...

Reverse mortgages not for inexperienced advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUL 2006
... financial planner because these are complex products." Williams is also pushing for uniform standards for the financial advice industry, in particular, benchmarking against ISO 22222. It is only from a comprehensive, universal and much more robust base ...

AXA provides more lending facilities

AXA Financial Advice Network (FAN) Licensees, AXA Financial Planning and Charter Financial Planning have teamed up with a third party mortgage distributor to bolster their suite of lending facilities. The new arrangement is with Alliere, a fully-owned ...

More reverse mortgage protections needed: Mariner

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUL 2006
... protect consumers. Mariner backed these calls, saying it was one of the leading advocates for making independent financial advice mandatory for those considering entering into an equity release arrangement. "We realise that reverse mortgages are a fairly ...

Reverse mortgages require proper planning: IAA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2006
... industry association SEQUAL, they believe it should go the extra step of requiring potential customers to seek financial advice over and above just encouraging it. Swinhoe, however, warned that the more complex contract conditions of reverse mortgages ...

Careless spending wastes $25bn

... squandered by the average Australian on unnecessary items each year is more than enough to cover the cost of getting financial advice annually. Michelle Baltazar

Value of advice shines at Tupicoffs

... compliance and legal requirements in what we do, there would be less and less people who can have access to this [financial advice]. "In fact we've had to raise our annual retainer fee from $1,100 to $3,300 last year, so it's now three times harder for ...

AFA's Adviser of the Year Award

... the AFA's commitment to recognising outstanding performers in the areas of advice and practice management. "The financial advice industry is continuing to evolve and a key part of that evolution is to produce a shortlist of exceptional, innovative advisers ...

Consumers more than happy with advisers

HAMISH MADDEN  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2006
... reports is unjustified and unfounded compared to the real experiences of consumers who clearly value the quality financial advice they receive," said Dan Powell, ING's executive director for sales and marketing. Powell said the survey also revealed that ...

ASIC charges four over margin lending scam

HAMISH MADDEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUN 2006
... ASIC alleges that Tunde Doja, formerly the sole director of Progressive, and Mohammad Zareei unlawfully provided financial advice to investors and encouraged them to invest in a number of securities - ORB 1, ORB 2 and OMIP 15-7 - by using Macquarie Bank ...