Industry Updates

Super’s gender gap won’t survive an engaged youth brigade

The entire sector must dedicate itself to teaching girls financial independence with tools that make it accessible and easy.

Make sure your content gets a good look from potential clients

From web design to the quality of the content itself, there are many factors that influence your material’s potential reach. Here are some of the biggest influences.

How to protect clients while the profession grows up

New standards for financial planning will set in over the next several years. In the meantime, two key principles can help look after consumers’ best interests now.

Why becoming an expert counsellor should be standard as well

Howard Pitts was an early adopter of the fee-based system. His clients have no doubt as to what their paying for – his expertise, experience and counselling.

New Zurich insurance app to boost efficiency, customer experience

New Zurich life insurance app to drive adviser efficiency and improved customer experience Zurich Financial Services Australia Limited (Zurich) today announced the successor to its pioneering LifeXpress mobile app, with the launch of ZLife mobile, an app designed to provide advisers with easy, quick, secure access to clients’ life insurance information. Equipped with push notification

Financial planners need a new way of thinking about retirement

Getting advice right for clients moving into retirement is arguably the industry's biggest challenge. It involves complex changes and asking the right questions.

Licensee Summit to reveal winners, losers and how to be either one

Key licensees will get an exclusive insight into CoreData’s analysis of whether they're winning or losing in the eyes of their own financial planners at the Professional Planner Licensee Summit.

With a fine standards board in place, the real work now begins

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority was established to make big changes, not tinker around the edges. The actions of its impressive board will be felt by all.

Keep the spotlight on the super gender gap

Only continued pressure will ensure that the societal and cultural forces behind poor retirement outcomes for women get addressed.

For the hard stuff, brains are still better than machines

AI and machine learning may get the job done in a game like chess. But it’s a pretty good bet we should still leave the complicated stuff to good, old-fashioned grey matter.

Mega-SMSFs: an endangered species still affecting policy

Super-sized SMSFs are a product of extinct laws yet the government still appears to have its eye on them. The AIST says this has led to a layer of complexity that could be removed.

Tax headache relief: Here’s more help with pension assets changes

One of the top issues for SMSF advisers now is the new CGT relief that will operate for pension assets. Here’s an example to demonstrate how it will work.

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