Clock Ticking on Adviser Incentive Changes
Incentives for those advising consumer clients, as opposed business clients, will change on 31 March 2025 when the Conduct of Financial Institutions legislation (CoFI)...
Time for FAPs to Review Client Checklists
Recent changes brought about by the Government’s Budget announcement have prompted the need for financial advisers to perform a review of their published documents...
FMA Urges Advisers to Read its Monitoring Report
The first Financial Advice Provider Monitoring Insights report shows that some FAPs and advisers have a limited understanding of the purpose and intent of...
Customer Engagement Initiative Relaunched
Our report that Fidelity Life has resurrected its system to recognise advisers who deliver exceptional customer service drew strong reader interest this week...
Fidelity Life...
FMA Prepares for FAPs’ Annual Returns
The FMA is preparing a series of online information sessions to help FAPs understand how to use its online portal to file their annual...
Wellbeing of Financial Advisers Has Improved – Report
A new report shows that while the overall wellbeing of advisers has improved since 2021, compliance is now the highest cause of stress.
In 2021,...
Call to Retain Existing Level 5 Qualifications
One industry leader's response to news that the Level 5 certificate may be changed, coupled with his suggestion that advisers should concentrate on good...
Lessons from Poor Client Handover
There are key issues advisers need to always keep front of mind, says Compliance Refinery's CEO Steven Burgess. He points to a recent FSCL...
Understand The Buying Journey of Your Clients
Catching the attention of most advisers this week was a guest columnist's suggestion to adopt a softly-softly approach when presenting clients with unexpected or...