SMSF specialists lap up in-person Technical Summit

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The SMSF Association’s 2022 Technical Summit held over two days on the Gold Coast again highlights how SMSF specialists relish in-person events as well as demonstrating the value they bring... Read more continue reading

ASIC Annual Forum registrations open

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Registrations are now open for the ASIC Annual Forum and Dinner to be held on 3–4 November 2022. ASIC Chair Joe Longo said, ‘This will be the first ASIC Annual... Read more continue reading

Latest advice complaints data highlights rapid professionalisation of the sector, says FPA

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The latest data on financial advice complaints is an encouraging development for the profession, and is clear evidence of the high quality of financial advice consumers are receiving from financial... Read more continue reading

ASIC’s first DDO stop orders to prevent offer of financial products to consumers

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ASIC has placed interim stop orders on three financial firms in response to deficiencies in the target market determination (TMD) for their products. These actions are ASIC’s first use of... Read more continue reading

SMSF Association appoints a new CEO

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Peter Burgess, the SMSF Association Deputy CEO and Director of Policy & Education, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective March 2023. Burgess will succeed John Maroney who has been CEO since... Read more continue reading

Financial planners should have the same freedoms as finfluencers

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A side effect of the exodus of financial planners from the profession can only be the rise and rise of the finfluencer – a trend which The Advisers Association (TAA)... Read more continue reading

Delia Rickard joins AFCA board

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The Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) has announced the appointment of outgoing ACCC Deputy Chair Ms Delia Rickard to its board. Her appointment, for three years, is effective from 1... Read more continue reading

FPA calls for government assistance for farmers to access financial planning services amid drought disruption

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The government should give farmers financial assistance to access financial planning services to help facilitate a proper recovery from the significant disruption caused by droughts, says the Financial Planning Association... Read more continue reading

Investor confidence plummet amid market uncertainty

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A new survey shows investor confidence in local and international capital markets is now lower than it was at the depth of the COVID pandemic. Plunges in the sharemarket, ongoing... Read more continue reading

Quality of Advice Review comes under the microscope at Tech Summit

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Allens partner and superannuation law expert Michelle Levy, who is heading the Quality of Advice Review with Treasury, will join a panel dissecting Quality of Advice at the SMSF Association Technical... Read more continue reading