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Claim support a key skill for advisers: Report

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 21 JUL 2022
... transactional relationships, will significantly enhance the quality of their client relationships and the value of their financial advice. It suggested that empowering advisers with guidance on effective ways to manage the emotional strains of a claim ...

Former adviser sentenced over theft

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 18 JUL 2022
... Flowers Financial Group and Flowers Financial Management (both in liquidation) which specialised in providing financial advice to the medical and dental professions. During 2011, Flowers attempted to raise capital to fund a proposed initial public offering ...

Super Fierce super index shows top 15 funds

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUL 2022
... difficult for average Australian consumers to find and understand. She added: "With the current state of the financial advice industry further exacerbating this, we knew Australians needed a better way to select the right fund for them." Super Fierce ...

Those most in need of advice see least value in it: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
About 80% of consumers who have never accessed financial advice don't believe there is any value in it, according to a new study from University of South Australia which calls for the introduction of a government-funded rebate for advice. The study ...

Nominations open for 2022 AFA awards

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... Association of Financial Advisers has opened nominations for its 2022 awards. Looking to unearth the best across the financial advice spectrum, AFA and its partners are searching for the AFA Adviser of the Year, sponsored by Zurich, and AFA Female Excellence ...

Equity Story plans to throw finfluencers a lifeline

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... who does not identify as a 'finfluencer', was looking to expand his content from journalism to "general financial advice" and commence providing stock tips to subscribers and readers. Now, as an authorised representative of Equity Story's ...

AFA hits back at QAR submissions from Choice, ISA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... "They make the often-repeated statement that the Banking Royal Commission exposed widespread misconduct in the financial advice industry," AFA said. "It might be worthwhile pointing out that only one adviser took the stand during the Banking Royal Commission ...

AMP appoints general manager, wealth distribution

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 7 JUL 2022
... AMP's relationships with the advice community, including growing its platform and product reach into the external financial advice (EFA) market. She will report to AMP's director of platforms Edwina Maloney. "With the ongoing investments in the North ...

Chorus of self-interest in financial advice: SCA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2022
... Australia believes we should look to the UK for inspiration when it comes to providing access to conflict-free financial advice, saying lessons of the Royal Commission have been forgotten and "a chorus of self-interest has emerged". In a new op-ed, Super ...

ASIC releases guidance on super, retirement calculators

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUL 2022
... within the terms of ASIC's relief are exempt from certain regulatory requirements related to providing personal financial advice." ASIC commissioner Danielle Press stated: "Superannuation calculators and retirement estimates are important tools that ...