FSC Annual Conference begins July 31 in Brisbane.

The Advice stream at this year’s FSC Annual Conference in Brisbane is stacking up as one of the strongest ever with as speaking lineup including industry experts and academics.

The Financial Services Council’s Senior Policy Manager Advice Cecilia Storniolo said the program covered considerable ground from a discussion on the emerging competition in the advice industry to overviews of emerging world first research into the value of advice being conducted by Australian Universities.

Full detail of the Advice sessions are as follows:

Advice – Clash of the Civilisations – the emerging competition in the advice industry

Paul Barrett, Managing Director, Global Advice and Distribution – ANZ Wealth

Rod Bristow, CEO – Infocus

Bill Danaher, CEO, Industry Funds Services

For all the pervasive changes created by FoFA and MySuper emerges a new world order in advice. Has competition changed? What are the new advice models? Has FoFA created a level playing field for advice? What is the new world advice order?

Advice – Value of advice: Does the consumer value advice?

Professor Natalie Gallery, School of Accountancy – Queensland University of Technology

Professor David Michayluk, University of Technology, Sydney

Mark Spiers, General Manager Advice – BT Financial Group

In 2011/2012 Queensland University of Technology# and a consortium of universities led by Adelaide University were successfully awarded government funding to progress two world leading and distinct research projects into the Value of Advice in partnership with the FSC. What are the two projects researching? What stages are these projects at? How can the industry help? What are the results saying about the value of advice?

Advice – Are we there yet?

David Lane, CEO – Count Financial Limited

Michael Vrisakis, Partner – Herbert Smith Freehills

John de Zwart, Managing Director – Centrepoint Alliance

Geoff Lloyd, CEO and Managing Director – Perpetual

Jeroen Buwalda – Partner, Ernest and Young

A Q&A session – The Advice industry has been under significant reform and other significant changes including FoFA, TASA, Competency changes, APES230, Codes of Conduct – which largely culminated in 2013. What are the priority issues to be resolved by government or industry response ?  What are the practical implementation challenges and opportunities afforded by the changing landscape of advice?

The conference runs from July 31 to August 2 at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre.

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