By becoming licensed to provide financial advice, accountants will be able to charge clients for advice they are currently "giving away for free", says head of SMSF Advic...
Most financial advisers want access to a broad Approved Product List (APL) before they make the decision to join a licensee....
The Federal Opposition has signalled it remains to be convinced about either introducing or supporting legislation which would restrict the use of the terms 'financial pl...
Industry experts believe proposed legislation and a new licensing regime will give way to like-for-like cost comparisons between SMSFs, industry and retail superannuation...
Money Management is seeking readers' views on some of the organisations representing financial planners....
Financial planning licensee Capstone has announced further enhancements to its XPLAN advice technology platform to deal with FOFA changes....
ASIC confirms it was consulted in negotiations involving the Financial Planning Association around last minute-changes to FOFA....
The Institute of Public Accountants' affiliation with MLC and AMP/AXA will not threaten its members' independence, says IPA general manager Vicki Stylianou....
Treasury officials tell Senate Committee accountants will be moved into FOFA world....
The same timing problems which impacted FOFA are now impacting MySuper....
Younger financial planners are snapping up C & D client lists from established practices and treating them as a referral source, according to NAB Financial Planner Bankin...
With the FOFA, Stronger Super and MySuper reforms finally taking shape, the financial services industry has a clearer picture of what the future holds, writes Chris Kenne...
With the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services having last week handed down its final report on the collapse of Trio Capital, it is worth r...
The newly released draft FOFA regulations indicate all financial contracts entered into prior to the application date of new regulations will be grandfathered....
The apparent eruption of a financial planning distribution turf war in the immediate aftermath of the acquisition of Count Financial by the Commonwealth Bank has led to w...
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...