Bill Shorten signals appropriate FOFA implementation period
Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten has signalled an appropriate implementation period for the Future of Financial Advice changes.
Addressing the SPAA conference in Sydney, Shorten said he was cognisant of the logistics involved in the implementation of the changes.
"If it takes longer than July 1, 2012, we'll do that," he said
However, he warned that the Government would not allow the FOFA changes to be stalled.
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