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Financial planning

Financial advisers and the life insurance industry have failed in communicating the value of life cover to the majority of Australians and potential clients, new research...

Editorial

The Government needs to consider all sides of the debate as it prepares to release the Future of Financial Advice draft legislation, writes Mike Taylor....

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Policy & Regulation

It may be two years before the full impact of FOFA on planning practice valuations becomes clear....

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Editorial

The Opposition spokesman on Financial Services, Senator Mathias Cormann, unquestionably hit a strong note with financial planners when he late last month told an Associat...

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Financial planning

A two-year opt-in proposal will reduce the cost of financial advice, with asset-based fees resulting in consumers paying up to 17 times more, according to the Industry Su...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government needs to go further in removing uncertainty and clarifying key settings around its Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) proposals, according to senior...

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People & Products

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has appointed leading financial services researcher Dr Rebecca Shiels to its judging panel for the Adviser of the Year Award....

Policy & Regulation

The Federal Opposition will be well placed to block the Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms passing through the Parliament next year, accordin...

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Financial planning

The happy days of all-expenses-paid trips and free tickets to the country's top events will end should certain Future of Financial Advice reforms relating to soft dollar ...

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Policy & Regulation

The unbalanced discussion about the proposed Future of Financial Advice reforms could be a large contributor to poor investor sentiment, which keeps pushing managed fund ...

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Superannuation

A trial arrangement between industry fund giant AustralianSuper and several financial planning dealer groups could lead to questions about the way advice services are str...

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Policy & Regulation

More than 90 per cent of financial planners responding to a Money Management survey believe that the Government's current Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes will h...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has launched its Female Excellence in Advice award, which the association said would address gender inequity within the indust...

Policy & Regulation

Money Management wants to know how you feel about the proposed FOFA changes....

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Editorial

With the Government’s release of its Future of Financial Advice proposals, Mike Taylor writes that the financial planning industry now has a tangible target at whic...

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