The proposals would refocus regulation on a broad definition of “personal advice” and replace the best interests duty with an obligation to provide “good advice”, which would be “reasonably likely to benefit the client, having regard to the information that is available to the provider at the time”.
Providers would have to be “relevant” where charging a fee and can include super fund trustees, in which case they have discretion about whether to charge.
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