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Anti-hawking laws could dampen super fund advice: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUN 2023
... the risk," he said. Not all super funds currently offer intra-fund advice. Trustees without a licence to provide personal advice can include lifetime pensions in their own superannuation calculators and interactive retirement estimates. They do however ...

Large AFSLs lead advice complaints: AFCA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUN 2023
... The FSCP ultimately ordered Mr. S's licensee to perform three successive compliance audits in relation to personal advice provided to retail clients, with a minimum of 12 months between each successive audit, starting in 2023. The FSCP typically ...

Pascoe Partners, OpenInvest launch online investing solution

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JUN 2023
... client base, filling a gap for those who want professional portfolio assistance, whilst not requiring the full personal advice service. "As a well-established firm with offices in Perth and the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, we have helped a ...

Industry bodies respond to QAR recommendations

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia survey of trustees found that only the majority provide intra-fund and personal advice. "Superannuation funds are well placed to deliver the financial advice that consumers want and need. This can range ...

Treasury to scrap advice admin burdens, boosts intra-fund advice

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 13 JUN 2023
... their members, as accepted in principle as part of Recommendation 6. Levy said trustees should be able to provide personal advice to their members about their interests in the fund, including when they are transitioning to retirement. "In doing so, trustees ...

Adviser registration extended to October

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 MAY 2023
... while unregistered. The legislation defines a relevant provider as "an individual who is authorised to provide personal advice to retail clients about relevant financial products." It is also a licensee; an authorised representative of a licensee; or ...

Experience pathway could create two adviser tiers

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2023
... or disqualified or given an undertaking. A relevant provider on the other hand is someone authorised to provide personal advice to retail clients about financial products in accordance with the Corporations Act. The explanatory memorandum uses the term ...

Regulation, funding inhibits digital advice: Report

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2023
... providers and found that robo-advisers want more clarity and guidance from the regulator so that they can provide personal advice with confidence. Robo-advisers are well aware of the risks of "treading into personal advice territory, particularly after ...

Finfluencers bridge financial advice gap

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAY 2023
... and affordable. With a shrinking adviser population, Aracas says they are hard pressed to meet the demand for personal advice, let alone education. "As the demand for advice and education increases, we believe it will be unlikely that practices will ...

Lumiant, Invest Blue build digital advice platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 15 MAY 2023
... the advice process will help ensure that Invest Blue can deliver advice at scale. " He added with banks out of personal advice, Invest Blue wants to help "fill the void." "Not only in terms of making advice affordable and accessible to more Australians ...