Data error “hot spots” revealed – Financial institutions need to find data errors early

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The ways in which fund data can go wrong are infinite. What matters most is how early errors are detected and corrected, and how this impacts customers, says Stephen Mahoney,... Read more continue reading

TPB ups the ante on privacy consent

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Registered tax (financial) advisers have a higher obligation than other financial planners when disclosing information about their clients to third parties. This is because the Tax Practitioners Board’s (TPB) Code... Read more continue reading

FINSIA education to help tackle financial crime costing Australians billions

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FINSIA, the leading Australasian financial services professional body, has launched a new suite of ground-breaking interconnected professional qualifications focused on risk management and cyber-crime in conjunction with the Chartered Institute... Read more continue reading

Which would you rather be: a brilliant technician, and bored, or the orchestrator running the show?

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Professional development is all the rage…the regulators and the professional associations and training providers in the compliance space are all putting it top of mind continuously. And virtually all of... Read more continue reading

An article about trust – marketing for financial advisers

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I hate to start an article off with a negative but never before has the industry rated so poorly for trust. Trust really is the cornerstone of your business and... Read more continue reading

Ethics and insurance in financial advice

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In the first article of this ethics series, we examined the broad application of ethics in financial practice. In this second article, the focus is on life insurances and the... Read more continue reading

AMP and Griffith University boost support for adviser professionalism

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AMP is funding a research fellowship in financial advice as part of its effort to raise professional standards in the industry and ensure Australians have access to quality advice. Griffith... Read more continue reading

FASEA releases program and provider accreditation policy

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FASEA has released its final FPS002 Program & Provider Accreditation Policy. The policy was informed through stakeholder consultation and two pilot accreditations conducted at Higher Education Providers (HEPs). The policy... Read more continue reading

Don’t lose tomorrow’s leaders, lock them in

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As the level of M&A activity increases in the financial services industry post Royal Commission, it’s time to put in place incentives so you don’t lose key employees. Many business... Read more continue reading

Good? Fast? or Cheap? What sort of advice is it going to be?

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A few years ago a university in New Zealand conducted a study to find out where consumers were turning to for financial advice. At the time they found that the... Read more continue reading