Question 1:

"Personal financial planning has gained an increasing degree of importance over the past few years. As with any other profession, financial planners are subject to a wide range of regulations and controls"

Discuss this statement in light of recent regulatory changes in Australian financial planning industry.

Question 2:

Evaluate the usefulness of publicly available information for the provision of financial advice. Discuss its strengths and weaknesses in your answer.

Rationale

This assessment is designed to:

- Assist you to develop your leaning through discussion of the principles covered in Topics 1-4 of the subject.

- Be able to reflect critically on the structure, regulation and participants in the

- Financial planning industry; be able to analyze and evaluate various approaches to the

- Financial planning process; develop your ability to communicate well in writing.

Presentation

The following points are a general guide for presenting assessment items.

Assessment items should be typed. Handwritten assignments will not be accepted.

Use 1.5 spacing.

Use a wide left margin. Markers need space to be able to include their comments.

Use a standard 12pt font such as Times New Roman, Calibri or Arial.

Include a separate title page with your name, student number, subject code and assessment number.

Number your pages (except the cover page).

Use a header or footer with your name and student number on each page.

Always keep a copy of your assessments. Both a hard copy and an electronic copy. Most importantly, always use your spelling and grammar checker, but remember that this does not pick up all errors. You must still manually and carefully edit your work.

Requirements

Assignment 1 must be submitted through Turnitin and you have to provide a hard copy in class in addition to Turnitin submission.

The Faculty of Business requires that students apply APA 6(American Psychological Association) referencing.

Required text book:

Taylor, S. and Juchau, R. (2016). Financial Planning in Australia: Advice and Wealth Management (7 ^th ed.). LexisNexis Butterworths Australia.

Marketing criteria:

Questions 1 & 2: Use of literature/evidence of reading.

HD: Has developed and justified own ideas based on a wide range of sources which have been thoroughly analysed, applied and discussed.

DI Literature is presented with good criticisms, in a descriptive way and indicates good understanding.

CRLiterature is presented with some criticisms, in a descriptive way and indicates few limitations of understanding.

PSLiterature is presented uncritically, in a descriptive way and indicates some limitations of understanding.

FLNo evidence of literature or irrelevant to the research question.