financial advice

Editorial

Time for financial planners to let go of trailing commissions

Putting aside the increasingly open question of whether the Gillard Labor Government will remain in power long enough to oversee the implementation of its Future of Finan...

Policy & Regulation

FPA concern on FOFA valuations impact

The FPA has expressed concern that lack of clarity in the FOFA legislation could undermine practice valuations....

Financial planning

ISN calls for stronger consumer protection

The Industry Super Network (ISN) has called for "watertight" consumer protection requirements to guard against future financial planning "scandals"....

Financial planning

FPA looks to online push

The FPA will leverage Google to push traffic to its consumer planning site....

Financial planning

Accountant exemption removal could lower financial advice access

The IPA says removing the accountants' exemption for financial advice on SMSFs could potentially lower access to advice rather than improve it....

Financial planning

Unclear best interest guidelines spell trouble

Treasury should fix the uncertain best interest guidelines so that advisers are clear on the extent they are protected from legal claims brought by disgruntled clients, a...

Superannuation

Removing accountant exemption good for SMSFs

If the accountant's exemption is removed when the second tranche of draft Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation is released shortly, it will have positive implica...

Policy & Regulation

Delay FOFA implementation, says AFA

With the only winners from FOFA likely to be industry funds and the big end of town, the AFA has called on the Government to delay its implementation beyond 1 July, next ...

Financial planning

Finding the right value for financial advice

Pricing emerges as a key question for financial advisers at the BFPPG conference in Brisbane....

Financial planning

AFS works with AIOFP on MDA

Australian Financial Services (AFS) will launch a private label MDA next month it says is aimed at driving down costs ahead of the introduction of the FOFA reforms....

Financial planning

FOFA opt-in figures don't add up for financial planners

Government claims opt-in would cost around $11 per financial planning client is at best questionable and, at worst, entirely misleading, writes Mike Taylor....

Financial planning

Plan B to look at product, not just advice

Targeting growth in financial advice will not be the only area of focus for Plan B, according to the dealer group's newly appointed chief executive officer, Andrew Black....