The time is right for self-regulation

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The Advisers Association (TAA) says the Joint Associations Working Group (JAWG) is proof that financial advice associations can work together to advance the profession, and therefore the time for self-regulation

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TAA welcomes Government’s formal response to QAR

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The Advisers Association (TAA) welcomes the Government’s formal response to the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) announced yesterday. TAA is broadly supportive of the fact that the Government has indicated

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Adviser education – Standing on the outside, what’s so hard?

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If we are not careful, consumers are set to become even more confused about who to turn to for financial advice, according to The Advisers Association (TAA). Referencing the association’s

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Put guardrails in place or face a return to vertical integration

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Guardrails need to be put in place before implementing some of the Quality of Advice (QAR) recommendations related to non-relevant providers giving ‘good advice’, or Australia will likely face a

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Act now to address the adviser gap

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While there is good work occurring in some places to help meet the unprecedented consumer demand for advice over the next five to ten years, it’s uncoordinated, insufficient and happening

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Time to set a higher bar

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With general advice set to remain in play under the Quality of Advice Review (QAR), albeit in a more restricted form, and non-relevant providers likely to be able to give

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Affordable financial advice could again become a reality

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The changes that are likely to occur as a result of the Quality of Advice Review (QAR) and other changes occurring across the industry will ultimately make advice more affordable

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Which problem are we trying to solve? 

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The Advisers Association (TAA) says there are two problems currently facing the financial advice industry – the short-term exodus of advisers and recognising advice as a profession. TAA CEO, Neil

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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)

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The Authorised Representatives Association to merge with The Advisers Association

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Members of the Authorised Representatives Association (ARA), which represents around 90 Charter Financial Planning advice businesses and approximately 250 advisers, have voted to close the 40-year-old association and join The

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