THE SOAPBOX EXCLUSIVE: How to spot an independent adviser
In this exclusive article, the president of the Independent Financial Advisers Association of Australia Limited (IFAAA), Daniel Brammall, shares his tips on how to spot an independent adviser, and also how to spot an adviser who is NOT independent.
Help! How can we find independent investment advice?
Question: My husband and I are looking to start a SMSF. We have been able to find sources for the set up, accounting and audit of the fund and are now looking for assistance on the portfolio.
THE SOAPBOX: Not the time to quibble (financial advice)
I want to give you the heads up on what significant players in the financial advisory industry are now trying to do, to further compromise the quality of financial advice.
Financial advice: Government bans new adviser commissions from 2012
We’re going to look back at this time with disbelief: for so many years the financial services industry was permitted to flog products that weren’t necessarily in the best interests of clients/investors and pretend that this product selling was ‘financial advice’.
THE SOAPBOX EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Cheap financial advice now available – what does it mean for consumers?
Superannuation funds are now providing cheap (and in some cases, free) personal financial advice to super fund members with the blessing of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). In early July 2009, ASIC announced that it’s okay to provide [...]
