FINANCIAL ADVICE

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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Funds management

The proposed FOFA reforms could boost the use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) by Australian retail investors, according to an industry expert....

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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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Editorial

The Federal Government may have handed down its Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) proposals but that has not served to end uncertainty in the financial services industry....

Financial planning

Asgard's Michelle Woodgate has been named Money Management BDM of the Year....

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Policy & Regulation

Money Management roundtable participants warn of unintended consequences of FOFA changes....

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Policy & Regulation

Platform provider HUB24 has restructured its investment service in response to the Government's proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, becoming another playe...

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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Financial planning

Synchron has lashed out at the Government, the industry funds and what it sees as the 'socialist' agenda behind the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms....

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Editorial

While people are generally reluctant to embrace change, the more proficient financial advisers will adjust swiftly to their new landscape following proposed FOFA amendmen...

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Editorial

Frequent changes in the law mean compliance issues can often be a legal minefield. Here, lawyers David Court, Sonnie Bailey and Kathryn Wardrobe answer three frequently a...

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Policy & Regulation

The FOFA reforms are a good start but do not go far enough to address the potential lack of disclosure regarding institutional and industry fund planners, according to th...

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Financial planning

Low-cost, simple financial advice should be incorporated into MySuper and the costs bundled along with overall superannuation costs, according to Mercer....

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