Editorial

Government's weak hand forces a FOFA bluff

Financial planners have finally been given the details of the Government's FOFA reforms. In an editorial written prior to the release of the reform package Mike Taylor wa...

Editorial

MySuper the lowest common denominator

Amid all the discussion around the recent release of the Government’s Stonger Super package, there existed the strong assumption that low-cost, low-fee MySuper products w...

Editorial

Superannuation bungle reveals Gillard’s hand

Prime Minister Julia Gillard recently revealed the degree to which the Government viewed the Industry Super Network as not only a close political ally but also a key sour...

Editorial

Govt's FOFA reforms a return to the 1980s

If the Government had cared to undertake a full regulatory impact analysis of its new legislation it might have quickly concluded that, in many respects, it was turning b...

Editorial

FOFA stampede could get uglier

The financial planning industry has been undertaking some intense lobbying in recent weeks in the hope of extracting some key amendments to the Government’s Future of Fin...

Editorial

Illiquid assets and solid superannuation funds

When the chief executive of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), Pauline Vamos, last week issued a release clearly aimed at countering adverse rep...

Editorial

Protecting investors from themselves

An Australian Crime Commission report into investment scams has underscored the role financial planners have in protecting investors from themselves....

Editorial

Rehabilitation benefits - the unsung heroes of income protection insurance

Col Fullagar explains the many advantages rehabilitation benefits provide income protection insurance policies....

Editorial

Keeping the client relationship strong

Even the strongest of client relationships can be tested when returns are weak. As Tom Reddacliff explains, long-term relationships between financial planners and their c...

Editorial

Superannuation sentiment appears to shift on advice commissions

Attitudes seem to be changing in the superannuation industry as to whether financial planners can offer appropriate advice when remunerated by commissions....

Editorial

Financial Planning fine without commissions

Financial planners are now an accepted part of the Australian superannuation industry, but there remains plenty of disagreement about how they should be paid, according t...

Editorial

FPA seeks co-operative approach

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