FINANCIAL ADVICE

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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Financial planning

As the needs of dealer groups and financial planners change in the wake of the evolving Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, platform enhancements will play a signi...

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Financial planning

The Government has established a framework that would allow fiduciary duty to be circumvented by some financial planners, according to the Boutique Financial Planning Pri...

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Policy & Regulation

Radar Results points to 10 per cent decline in some practice values since FOFA announcement....

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Financial planning

Matrix Planning Solutions strongly denies report it is looking for a buyer ahead of FOFA changes....

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Policy & Regulation

The original intent of the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms was to create enhanced transparency and better outcomes for investors, but this rhetoric...

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Financial planning

New Finsia head Russell Thomas has identified a renewed focus on the organisation's membership as a key priority as he starts his term as chief executive and managing dir...

Financial planning

A leading financial planning spokesperson has said that the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms will push wealth management groups into the old 'one-stop-shop' busi...

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Financial planning

AMP chief executive Craig Dunn has outlined how his company will approach the merger with AXA Asia Pacific, stating adviser retention and customer satisfaction will be tw...

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Editorial

ASIC did not receive more funding from last Tuesday's Budget but it can expect to do so in years to come as it takes on more responsibility for delivering and overseeing ...

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