Time to move on: Advisers taking the next step
Those deep in conversations with advisers regarding their next step paint a picture for what an adviser’s world might look like after advice.
August 05, 2019
ASIC to ‘keep an open mind’ on regtech
Commissioner Cathie Armour says ASIC’s greatest takeaway from a series of engagements with industry is that it needs to be open to suggestions around regulation technology.
August 05, 2019
Associations cry foul as commissions ban confirmed for 2021
The looming ban on grandfathered commissions is coming without enough industry consultation or time to adjust, according to the major industry representatives.
August 02, 2019
Leigh Sales addresses adviser hardship
The respected journalist and author took themes from her study of people facing great adversity and applied them to the struggles of advisers caught in a maelstrom of disruption.
August 01, 2019
Self-licensing process has shortened
The regulator is approving licensing applications quicker than in recent months but is throwing some curly questions at aspiring licensees, particularly relating to their PI cover, experts have revealed.
August 01, 2019
Complexity and ongoing fees pushing consumers away: Sunsuper
The industry super fund’s head of advice challenged a room full of advisers about the way they charge their clients, fully aware that she might make a few squirm.
July 31, 2019
PI cover: ‘We’re in a supply squeeze’
Amidst a trend towards self-licensing, PI policies are as expensive as they’ve ever been and insurance syndicates are limiting their coverage, an expert has said.
July 30, 2019
Industry wrestles with adviser salary levels
The FPA’s assertion that the typical adviser takes home $125,000 has sparked debate around what advisers earn across the industry, and what forces are shaping the numbers.
July 29, 2019
ASIC outlines surveillance plans for risk advice review
Risk advice will be assessed as part of a review ASIC’s Joanna Bird has outlined at a discussion in Canberra facilitated by insurer, AIA Australia.
July 26, 2019
Pinnacle touts zero management fee cash ETF
The investment management firm will market its new fund as being free of management costs, after its head of retail said Australians ‘should not pay for their cash to be managed’.
July 25, 2019
