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Adviser software soft launches

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2021
... platform space. Topham is the founder of Clique Paraplanning, which provided paraplanning services mainly on Statement of Advice preparation for financial advisers. Over his experience in financial advice, Topham saw problems with collecting and presenting ...

FSC proposes new advice model

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 19 APR 2021
Eradicating the Statement of Advice and the safe harbour steps are two recommendations that will help reduce red tape and make financial advice more affordable, according to the Financial Services Council. The financial services' peak body has laid ...

ASIC extends advice relief measure

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 15 APR 2021
... extending the relief measure that allows financial advisers to provide a Record of Advice (ROA) rather than a statement of advice (SOA) until October 15. The decision to extend the relief measure came after consulting with the industry, the corporate ...

DDO to simplify general, personal advice

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2021
... said. Pollinate head of society Pamela Souvlis shared similar sentiments and said consumers are not valuing a Statement of Advice and get a sense of trust from their advisers in other ways. "Consumers don't see it as being anything more than the fine ...

Raiz expands to SMSF market

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 19 MAR 2021
... provides general advice if an adviser is to recommend a client or SMSF a particular portfolio weighting, a statement of advice is still required. Malone is confident the offering with appeal to SMSFs with the choice of ETFs and competitive platform fee ...

Super scammer permanently banned

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 FEB 2021
... from bank accounts holding client funds. ASIC alleged that he directed an employee to construct a back-dated statement of advice in response to an investigation being conducted following a complaint. McSweeny was found unfit to stand trial on 11 February ...

The barriers to limited advice: Licensees

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 11 JAN 2021
... "But any guidance that would give an adviser and the licensee more confidence that they can speak freely in a statement of advice, record of advice or a document, that's actually a separate issue," Dummett added. Lifespan chief executive Eugene Ardino ...

Challenger to buy industry-fund-owned bank

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 DEC 2020
... demand could be high..." "When an adviser sells a term deposit (or rolls it over), they can do so without a statement of advice (SOA), that is it can be execution only. Whereas with an annuity an SOA is needed for new sale and rollover. This removes ...

Praemium improves on-boarding

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2020
... means the double entry of client information has been removed, and the time it takes advisers to complete a Statement of Advice and application form have been reduced. Praemium chief commercial officer Mat Walker commented: "Praemium is continually looking ...

Cost of advice soars as red tape grows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
With research showing the average cost for a Statement of Advice has increased 10% in 12 months, the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) is warning of the detrimental impact ongoing reform is having on financial advisers and consumers. ...