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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Association say the ISN has no justification for maintaining its anti-planner advertising post-FOFA....

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Policy & Regulation

The FPA's Mark Rantall has told a Money Management roundtable that asset-based fees should not act as an impediment to ASIC providing class-order relief from opt-in....

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Financial planning

The FPA has outlined to members the outcome of the FOFA changes and has urged industry unity despite last week's controversial issues....

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Policy & Regulation

The FPA's code of conduct will not be the only approach considered by ASIC, with the Association of Financial Advisers's principles of practice also ready for implementat...

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Policy & Regulation

Strongly divergent views have emerged from Australia's major financial planning organisations in the wake of the FOFA bills, while the Opposition has made a policy commit...

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Policy & Regulation

Following Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation Bill Shorten's announcement regarding a watering-down of opt-in requirements yesterday, ANZ was still prepari...

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Superannuation

Written complaints to the Superannuation Complaints Tribunal about industry funds increased by 25 per cent last year, while complaints about retail funds decreased slight...

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Policy & Regulation

The Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten has flagged eventual moves towards issues contained in document purported to be agreement between FPA and ISN....

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Policy & Regulation

The Association of Financial Advisers urges Bill Shorten to become involved in FOFA discussion rather than allowing Industry Super Network to act as an intermediary....

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Financial planning

ASIC's platforms review has drawn support from a range of stakeholders for proposing providing additional consumer protection via capital adequacy and for placing the spo...

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Financial planning

The Coalition has expressed disbelief the FPA may have done a deal with the ISN conceding opt-in in exchange for other concessions including enshrining the term “financia...

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Financial planning

The FPA has announced a series of educational workshops that will address recent poor results from ASIC's financial planning shadow shop....

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Policy & Regulation

A document has circulated purporting to show an agreement between the Financial Planning Association and Industry Super Network involving a trade-off, conceding opt-in ag...

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Editorial

The Government’s handling of FOFA risks entrenching an inappropriate advantage for superannuation funds with respect to the provision of financial advice, writes Mike Tay...

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