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Advisers warned: Choice super returns must be monitored and explained

Advisers should treat Choice super performance as a “primary consideration,” the commissioner stated, while licensees should have “rigorous processes” for underperformance as part of their APL program.

Tahn Sharpe | 29th Feb 2024 | More
SMSF advice review to focus on set-up suitability and early access: ASIC

Both illegal early access and SMSF suitability are known concerns of the regulator, but Sciacca noted that the driver of this review is ASIC’s desire to audit the efficacy of its earlier guidance on SMSF advice. 

Tahn Sharpe | 22nd Feb 2024 | More
  • Advice review to help consumers move up advice ‘continuum’: Panel

    Bringing super funds and other institutions into the advice ecosystem should benefit consumers by creating an organic path for them to follow as their needs become more complex. More would benefit if the review also took into account the SMSF capabilities of accountants, stakeholders believe.

    Tahn Sharpe | 21st Feb 2024 | More
    The 6 ways policymakers can fix advice in the 2024/25 budget: FAAA

    The collation of issues is an important marker for how many areas of advice legislation still need improvement for the industry to thrive, with fairness at the heart of all the proposals put forward by the association.

    Tahn Sharpe | 5th Feb 2024 | More
  • Savvy market moves pitch Complii as ‘new asset class’ in financial services for 2024

    The moves made by Complii across 2023 should position the firm well for a rebound in advice industry numbers, which is entirely foreseeable given the proposals stemming from the government’s Quality of Advice review.

    Staff Writer | 31st Jan 2024 | More
    Jones’ advice dilemma: How to foster Holden advice provision in a Rolls Royce industry

    The concept of a ‘qualified adviser’ with less qualifications provoked an industry backlash. While the government has signalled it is open to discussion, the problem remains – how to open up advice to more consumers at a viable cost?

    Nicholas Way | 22nd Jan 2024 | More
    Retirement confidence has nothing to do with markets, but cost of living does

    Markets may have outperformed in 2023 after a dour 2022, but it wasn’t enough to lift confidence in retirement as cost of living pressures continued to cloud the financial future of many Australians.

    Staff Writer | 22nd Jan 2024 | More
    “A lot is at stake”: Thousands of advisers risk deregistration in February

    As advisers trickle back into the office after summer holidays, many will be confronted with the an urgent regulatory requirement that, if ignored, could see them unable to legally provide advice.

    Tahn Sharpe | 17th Jan 2024 | More
    Integration and ‘platform approach’ will guide compliance into new age: MIntegrity

    While technology’s role in compliance is becoming more prominent, advisers and brokers are still looking for clarity on what vehicles will carry that technology.

    Staff Writer | 21st Dec 2023 | More
  • ‘Their mood will change’: Lawyer warns against licensees signing sophisticated investor test

    Cowell Clarke lawyer Richard Hopkin said there are reasonable grounds for licensees to certify clients as wholesale, but the practice invites a much higher degree of risk than the traditional route of gaining an accountants’ certificate. 

    Tahn Sharpe | 12th Dec 2023 | More
    Instos to re-enter advice, SOAs scrapped in landmark reform package

    The government will now follow through on Levy’s proposal to bring licensed financial institutions back into the advice fold, while also agreeing to “modernise” the Safe Harbour Steps and swap SOAs with “advice records”.

    Tahn Sharpe | 7th Dec 2023 | More
    Advice compliance measures need to add up: Mintegrity

    Advisers should take a proactive approach to compliance, which can enhance the reputation of their firm and reduce the risk of regulatory enforcement action according to Mintegrity.

    Amanda Mark | 6th Dec 2023 | More
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