Ethics for advisers

Matthew Smith moderates a discussion about ethics and advice with Paul Moran, adviser and practice owner with Moran Partners Financial Planning in Melbourne in Victoria and Tracy Wilcox, associate professor and academic director, Postgraduate, UNSW Business School.

Matthew Smith moderates a discussion about ethics and advice with Jon Scukovic, director and principle, Park Lane Advice Group and Michelle Cull, associate dean engagement and senior lecturer in the accounting and financial planning at the School of Business at Western Sydney University.

Matthew Smith moderates a discussion about ethics and advice with Gordon Young, Associate, The Ethics Centre and Alysia Laird, principal adviser, Zebra Tailored Wealth.

Matthew Smith moderates a discussion about ethics and advice with June Smith, deputy ombudsman, AFCA and Tony Gilett, principal adviser, Retirewell Financial Planning.

Matthew Smith moderates a discussion about ethics and advice with Kym Bailey, technical services manager client experience & professional development, wealth advice, JB Were and Selina Nutley, partner, McMahon Clarke Lawyers.

Matthew Smith moderates a discussion about ethics and advice with Nidal Danoun, director, Prosperity Financial Services and Katherine Hunt, program adviser & lecturer, Accounting, Finance and Economics, Griffith Business School, Griffith University.

For the advice industry to graduate to professional status in the eyes of lawmakers, clients and the broader community, it needs to move on from its tick-a-box approach to compliance and take on a higher-level principals approach to considering ethical situations. Richard Jackson points out the broader industry has a responsibility to support advisers to meet their obligations. Par

Reading the Code of Ethics will require another level of thinking from advisers if practitioners are still getting hung up on being prescriptive about certain aspects of the Code of Ethics, Dr Simon Longstaff explains. David Graham empathises with advisers in more corporatised structures than his own but suggests all advisers need to stand up for what they believe is right. Partici

Reading the Code of Ethics through the eyes of a lawyer won’t work. Dr Katherine Hunt gives insight into how advisers can use the principals of the Code to guide and strengthen their decision-making. Felicity Cooper describes how her independently-owned business model enables a better ethical outcome than brokerage models she’s worked in previously. Participants: Dr Katherine H

Advisers have been pushed towards professionalism, something Dr Deen Sanders argues will work against the industry; Sanders says we have not yet seen a collective voice representing clients, participants and broader stakeholders. Michael Carmody believes there is still time for advisers to come together. Participants: Dr Deen Sanders, Michael Carmody Facilitator: Matthew Smith Leng