With FOFA having passed both the House of Representatives and the Senate, all eyes in the financial services industry will now be turned to ASIC and the consequent shape ...
Given the end of the 2011/12 financial year also represents the start of a 12 to 14-month countdown to the next federal election, the time available for Bill Shorten to m...
The Association of Financial Advisers has urged a uniform 1 July, 2013 FOFA start date as another legal anomaly has been identified....
Two key accounting bodies, CPA Australia and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, have interpreted the Government's conditional licensing regime as a mean...
It may be as late as mid-2013 before the new accountants' advice regime is up and running....
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....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...