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  • 2010 could be your year for growth
    What a year we are facing. The industry will undergo an unprecedented level of change, and for some advisers it will just be too much and they will choose to exit.
    However, for those advisers who we at Strategi have been working with in recent years, 2010 could be your year. Sure, you will have some challenges to face, but your...
  • Best practice and compliance
    7 benefits of conducting a compliance review sooner rather than later
    Have you been putting off having your first compliance review and rationalising this with comments such as:
  • Is your ABS compliant?
    Adviser Business Statement (ABS)
    As an AFA, you must have an ABS. It is a legal document. Your ABS must be kept up to date at all times and be available for inspection by the Regulator. It must accurately...
    The ‘Standard Conditions for Authorised Financial Advisers’ requires that all AFAs must notify the Regulator within five business days of any significant...
  • Is your disclosure statement compliant?
    Adviser disclosure statement
    If you are an investment adviser and provide investment advice to your clients or deal with your clients' investment money or you are a broker, you have a disclosure...
    From 1 December 2010, if you are authorised by the Regulator, and are an Authorised Financial Adviser (AFA), you have an obligation to comply with the Code of Professional...
  • Adviser regulations: Implications for the industry
    David Greenslade, Managing Director of Strategi and the Strategi Institute, recently addressed an adviser conference on the subject of adviser regulations and the...
    Download a copy of this presentation and minimise the impact of regulation on your business.
  • Advisers are actively embracing technology
    The Strategi team works across the entire financial services industry including QFEs, adviser networks and non-aligned insurance, investment and mortgage advisers. What has...
    However, the implementation of this technology is not always in a well co-ordinated fashion, nor does it always lead to a significant increase in productivity or...
  • Best Practice
    An industry leader in best practice systems
    Today there isn’t a single financial service business that doesn’t understand the need for active (not passive) risk management to be seamlessly integrated into...
    The cost of failure is too high not to have regular, systematic compliance reviews with the speedy resolution of any compliance breakdowns identified.

    Strategi...
  • Adviser tips to prepare and meet the new regulations
    Are you ready for 1 July 2011?
    What is happening? For the New Zealand Financial Services industry, 1 July 2011 will herald a new era as the phased implementation of the Financial Advisers Act 2008 will be...
    The Regulator may keep a close eye on the Financial Service Providers Register to find out what types of financial services you are registered to provide and they may...
  • The sleeping giant
    Awaken the power of your website
    Your website should be your most powerful marketing tool. The number of people who use the internet to help them make financial decisions is growing daily. Google Analytics...
    But it’s not as simple as just having a website that people can visit. Today’s search engines look for content. The top 10 websites chosen by Google will offer depth and...
  • Advice to advisers
    Best Practice grows business value: Regard it as an investment not an expense
    We all begrudge paying money when we don’t see the need to do so and have not paid it in the past. I am frequently reminded of this fact when an adviser asks to speak...
    The adviser often becomes cost conscious when it is suggested to them that they should engage Strategi to conduct regular best practice compliance reviews on their...
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