FINANCIAL ADVICE

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced a plan that will see its Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FchFP) designation positioned into a pathway t...

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Financial planning

The consequences of breaching fiduciary duty under the Government’s Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms could be much steeper than first thought, with the pos...

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Financial planning

Industry Super Network uses more research to pressure Govt on annual opt in....

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Financial planning

Macquarie Banking and Financial Services Group (MBFSG) has reappointed Mercer to provide investment research and consulting services for the next three years....

Superannuation

Expanded intra-fund advice would not compromise the quality of financial advice Australians receive because it is governed by the same rules and regulations as other advi...

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Financial planning

The FSC has proposed a three-year renewal framework, which would allow consumers to opt out and cease payments at any time, as an alternative to the opt in proposals....

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Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has commissioned a poll it claims proves its point on annual opt in....

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Policy & Regulation

The principles of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms should be extended across a broader range of financial services roles and products, and not just stop at f...

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Financial planning

The independents in the House of Representatives have become the target of lobbying efforts on the part of the financial planning industry....

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Editorial

The Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, faces the prospect of some serious horse-trading in both houses of Parliament to get the financial advice 'opt in' legislation pass...

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Editorial

Customers take out insurance through a multitude of channels, including directly and via financial advisers. And with a major underinsurance issue in Australia and a huge...

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Financial planning

If the shift to a fee-for-service model does come into play next year as part of the Government’s Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, it is expected that lis...

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Editorial

Financial planners may be upset with Club Plus' Paul Cahill for some of his recent comments, but they should embrace his acknowledgement of the value of advice, Mike Tayl...

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Financial planning

The financial planning industry appears to have extracted a workable truce on rules about the provision of tax advice....

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Financial planning

An online petition addressed to the Minster for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, is calling for ‘opt in’ to be scrapped....

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