New Licensee Rating System to Launch
1 March 2019 by riskinfo
Adviser Ratings has announced it will launch a new ‘quality of advice’ rating system for financial advice licensees. In a release announcing its initiative, the research and rating firm says the need for these ratings “…has been reinforced...
New Financial Adviser Competency Rankings Out Soon
28 February 2019 by James Eyers, AFR
Adviser Ratings will publish a public ranking of the governance quality of 27,000 financial advisers and 2200 licensees across the market, which it says will help the beleaguered industry restore trust after the royal commission.
Why Kenneth Hayne didn’t call for ban on Household Expenditure Measure
6 February 2019 by Alexis Carey, news.com.au
For more than a decade, one magic number has made the difference between nabbing your dream home — or being rejected for a loan. That number is the Household Expenditure Measure (HEM), a tool that has long been used by most of our banks to...
Royal Commission has Identified Thousand of Breaches
5 February 2019 by Sunrise & Yahoo!7
Scathing final report into banking misconduct released.
David Koch: Bank Inquiry Recommendations will have Far Reaching Impact
4 February 2019 by David Koch, The Daily Telegraph
Betrayed. That’s the feeling the average Australian has to their banker, financial adviser, superannuation fund manager and regulators following the horrific findings of the Royal Commission.
Netwealth Forms Wealth Data Partnership
21 December 2018 by Adrian Flores, IFA
In announcing the partnership with Adviser Ratings, Netwealth joint managing director Matt Heine said the insights will help them understand customer needs and continue to improve and add services tailored to those requirements.
Millennials Seeking Financial Advice from Millennials
18 December 2018 by Jack Derwin, Your Money
Younger people are shunning their parents and older professionals when it comes to getting guidance on all things financial, a new study has shown.
IFAs Benefiting From RC Fallout
16 November 2018 by Mike Taylor, Money Management
The Royal Commission has seen a distinct shift from bank-aligned financial planners towards independents, according to Adviser Ratings managing director, Angus Woods.
Solving the Biggest Problem with Traditional Financial Advice
8 November 2018 by Lucy Dean, Yahoo! Finance
Adviser rating and customer review service, Adviser Ratings launched the first robo-adviser register in October, in the hopes of opening advice up to a much wider audience.