SelfWealth pokes holes in adviser directories
2 April 2015 by Krystine Lumanta, Financial Observer
The two adviser directories currently available in the industry did not go far enough in protecting consumers, according to an industry executive.
Over 19,000 advisers list on ASIC register
1 April 2015 by Julie May, Financial Observer
Following the launch of the much-anticipated industry-wide public register of financial advisers yesterday, the corporate regulator said the database as it stood currently represented more than 19,000 advisers, with only a small number sti...
Adviser Ratings boosts financial fluency
27 March 2015 by Elizabeth Somerville, Financial Observer
Adviser Ratings has undertaken a major revamp of its website to empower users and accelerate their financial fluency.
Life insurance reforms long overdue
27 March 2015 by Scott Hodder
Adviser Ratings has welcomed the recommendations handed down by LIAWG independent chairman John Trowbridge to reform the life insurance industry.
Life sector recommendations derailed
027 March 2015 by Julie May , Financial Observer
The industry would need more time to digest Trowbridge’s final report into retail life insurance advice but some executives were already voicing serious concerns around the recommendations released yesterday morning.
Adviser Ratings revamps website in prep for FAR launch
26 March 2015 by Alex Burke, Financial Standard
Consumer-based adviser "review" service Adviser Ratings has updated its website to accommodate ASIC's first adviser register (FAR), launching at the end of March.
Adviser Ratings assembles 'devil's dictionary'
26 March 2015 by Kristen Crawford, Financial Observer
Despite the “deliberate complexity” of particular financial services terms and concepts intended to confuse consumers, the planning industry needed to take responsibility for simplifying its terminology and increasing financial fluency, an...
Adviser Ratings welcomes Trowbridge report
26 March 2015 by Press Release, Professional Planner
Chris Zinn from Adviser Ratings, the consumer campaign to bring transparency to financial planning, said today the Trowbridge Report reforms into life insurance were balanced, considered and long-overdue.
Consumers looking for advice they can trust
27 February 2015 by John Collett, SMH
After the latest Fairfax Media revelations of dodgy advice at another major bank, investors must be wondering where they can get advice that they can trust.