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Mercer grows advisory team

... advisory team which is at the forefront of training and professional development. This in turn means high quality financial advice for our valued clients."

Industry fund survey reveals employers yet to choose default fund

... that 34 per cent of employers were unaware of the regulations in place restricting them from giving employees financial advice and 26 per cent of employers were concerned about giving advice about superannuation to employees. STA chief executive Mark ...

ASIC issues guidance about general financial advice

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued guidance to advisers to assist them with complying to certain financial product advice provisions set out in the Corporations Act 2001. The guidance was prepared after industry consultation ...

ASIC releases super switching study results but FPA not satisfied

The Australian Investments and Securities Commission (ASIC) has released the findings of its assessment of financial advice to consumers wishing to change superannuation funds in the lead up to the introduction of choice of fund legislation. The study ...

Quality advice is all about strategy

... emphasis on fees and investments in order to provide their clients with better quality advice. According to Ashenden financial advice can be broken down into three categories, advice about investments, advice about structure and advice on strategy to ...

BT magnifies new advice business

BT Financial Group has established a new financial advice business, appointing Mark Spiers to head the business. Building on BT and Westpac's distribution scale, Magnitude is aimed to provide customers with an additional channel of choice. Magnitude ...

ICAA creates financial planning position

... planning and advice. "Given the impending super choice changeover, and the introduction of professional standards on financial advice, Hugh is taking up the position at a time of change within the financial planning industry and the Institute is confident ...

ASIC provides guidance about Choice advice

... without a licence or proper authorisation. The regulator's material covers subjects such as what constitutes financial advice as well as the type of information employers can provide without holding an AFSL, and is presented in the form of frequently ...

NAB to support mortgage broking businesses

... financial planners to create a division that supports external businesses involved in both mortgage broking and financial advice - NAB Financial Planning and Third Party. "Self employed businesses are not only looking for a business partner that can ...

FPA refutes Virgin's view on planners

... consumers and believes the claims could be really harmful if they have discouraged members of the public to seek financial advice regarding the funding of their retirement. FPA CEO Kerrie Kelly says, "If his ill-considered statements, that do not reflect ...