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ASIC issues guidance on general advice warning and SOAs

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued an example Statement of Advice (SOA) and released a proposal to reduce the repetition of advice warning for Australian financial services licensees and their representatives. The ...

New Heron product assists with super fund comparisons

... its comparative capabilities, Heron Advisor has the ability to improve compliance procedures regarding statements of advice (SOA). The product provides a 20 page report advisers can use as their own SOA or as an independent third part report. Furthermore ...

CPA Australia responds to FSR refinements

... Services Reform Act, CPA Australia has welcomed the refinements however believes the sections around Statements of Advice (SoA) do not go far enough to meet the stated objectives. The accounting body has put forward its own options for the government ...

Future Fund will not inflate asset prices

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2005
The federal government's billion dollar Future Fund will help lift demand for Australian assets but will not push up prices to unjustified levels. AMP Capital Investors chief economist Shane Oliver said there was no doubt demand would increase for assets ...

CPAs want better SoAs

... Financial Services Reform proposal but has expressed a desire for the government to go further to allow Statements of Advice (SoA) to be less complex and arduous. The accounting body believes the current framework encourages financial service providers ...

ASIC reveals financial services refinement projects

... The first of these is to be completed by August 2005 and aims to provide a working example of a model Statement of Advice (SOA). It will illustrate how an SOA can be put together in clear, concise and effective manner in fewer than 20 pages. ASIC will ...

Guidance on SOAs from ASIC

ASIC has provided guidance on Statements of Advice (SOAs) to help Australian financial services licensees fulfil their obligations under the Corporations Act 2001. The guide is aimed at addressing both content and presentation deficiencies discovered ...

FPA's advice to industry

... offering guidance to its members in developing statements of advice (SoAs). SoAs must accompany personal financial advice given. SoA taskforce chair Corinna Dieters said there was a need for practical guidance, which is clear and concise from FPA members. ...

Mapping the way forward

According to investment analysis conducted by State Street Associates, Managing Director Jeremy Armitage believes the world has entered the 'riot point regime' where cross-border equity flows have now reached a period of contraction typified by a period ...

World oil price hits record high

World oil prices vaulted to record highs today, stirring fears of $US60 a barrel New York crude, as traders sweated over tight US energy stocks and rampant, China-driven demand. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in December, set ...