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Ethics for advisers

by Professional Planner

A Professional Planner podcast series on ethics & professionalism for financial advisers

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Episodes

  1. EP6, Season 2: Self-regulation is still a way off

    If the success of the Code of Ethics is marked by an industry that can self-regulate and hold itself to account then we are a way off, Paul Moran, a self-licensed practice owner describes alongside UNSW’s Tracy Wilcox. Moran raises the possibility that a transition to this future state could be...

  2. EP5, Season 2: Documentation is the bridge to the other side

    In this stage of the industry’s progression, documentation will play an important role in advisers’ ethical practices, Jon Scukovic from Park Lane Advice Group in Melbourne and Western Sydney University’s Michelle Cull discuss in a conversation that traverses some of the principles and...

  3. EP4, Season 2: Community is the advice industry’s superpower

    Gordon Young brings his broader ethical lens to the conversation with practice owner and principal adviser Alysia Laird who both agree the early stages of the evolution of the profession has begun, something that’s particularly evident in the sharing of ideas and building of community that’s...

  4. Ep3, Season 2: Lifting standards is a start but not the endgame

    Industry stalwart adviser Tony Gilett talks about his passion for financial planning and why he decided to take on the challenge of new education standards and exams after decades of giving advice alongside AFCA’s June Smith who funnels her law background, ethics research and dispute resolution...

  5. EP2, Season 2: Where compliance ends and the Code begins

    Tick-a-box approaches to compliance may not only be expensive and time consuming but they could also be holding advisers back from taking the next step in putting ethics into practice and advancing towards broader community trust and professional recognition, JB Were’s Kym Bailey and McMahon...

  6. EP1, Season 2: Intention is frontrunning implementation

    Advisers might have full plates, not to mention challenges managing their businesses ongoing during lockdowns and a global pandemic, but they’ve still come a long way getting their heads around the Code and ethical thinking, Griffith University’s Katherine Hunt and Prosperity Financial Services’...

  7. EP6, Season 1: Above and beyond the law

    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...

  8. EP5, Season 1: Subordinate or die

    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...

  9. EP4, Season 1: Code whispering 101

    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...

  10. EP3, Season 1: It takes a village

    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...

  11. EP2, Season 1: Is it me, or the system?

    Over compliance and an overt focus on following the rules can work against businesses trying to promote an ethical environment. Dr Michael Collins considers the structural and environmental factors that lead to poor ethical outcomes. Jeff Thurecht highlights the need for advisers to be confident…

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  12. EP1, Season 1: With which ethical lens?

    The moral philosopher who was a central figure in the global animal liberation movement in the 1970s, Dr Peter Singer goes back to the building blocks of ethics before turning his attention to the new FASEA Code. Marisa Broome emphasises the practical challenges practitioners face advising…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A Professional Planner podcast series on ethics & professionalism for financial advisers

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Professional Planner

Produced by Matthew Smith

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A Professional Planner podcast series on ethics & professionalism for financial advisers

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