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financial advice, Financial Planning, Technology

Advisers adopt more tech as numbers shift

advisers technology

Advisers are adopting more technology as the number of their peers decline and their client bases continue to increase in size.

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ASIC, Compliance, financial advice

RG 175 knowledge a compliance must

RG 175

Financial advisers need to have a working knowledge of Regulatory Guide 175 to ensure their compliance procedures are sound.

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financial advice, Financial Planning

Industry raises concerns with Jones

Financial practitioners from six industry bodies have put forward their view on advice changes to the government in a series of forums with Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones.

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ASIC, Compliance, financial advice

External information can lower risk

ASIC

Pointing clients to investment guidance provided by organisations such as ASIC is a good way to minimising the risk of an advisory practice.

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financial advice, Regulation, SMSFA

Levy to address SMSFA tech summit

Quality of advice review

The author of the Quality of Advice Review report Michelle Levy will unpack the government’s response to it at this year’s SMSF Association Technical Summit.

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financial advice, Financial Planning

FAAA gets over 80 per cent member nod

FAAA membership renewals

The FAAA has announced an 80 per cent membership renewal rate, indicating strong support and confidence in the newly merged representative body.

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ASIC, financial advice

Adviser levy increase unfair

Financial adviser levy

The government’s decision to end the financial adviser levy freeze is unfair as the model for calculating the appropriate fee level is still under review.

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ASIC, financial advice, Financial Planning

ASIC levy to rise past $3000

ASIC adviser levy

The financial adviser levy charged by ASIC will climb past the level that led to the previous government imposing a two-year freeze on the industry funding applied by the regulator.

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ASIC, financial advice

Adviser levy set to increase

adviser levy

The government will end the temporary relief program on the ASIC levy paid by financial advisers from the end of this financial year.

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Compliance, financial advice, Financial Planning

Compensation scheme to start next year

Compensation scheme last resort

A compensation scheme of last resort will be in operation by early next year, but questions have been raised about its coverage and funding model.

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