SPAA welcomes Federal Government decision to amend how best interest duty works as part of FOFA reforms....
Minister puts brakes on both legislative and regulatory amendments to FOFA but action is well received. ...
Finance Minister, Senator Mathias Cormann pauses FOFA process for consultations...
Cormann signals FOFA reform fight....
The executive director of the Revenue Group within the Federal Treasury, Rob Heferen, made a very important point to last month’s SPAA conference in Brisbane: any change ...
Several financial services industry bodies throw support behind FOFA amendments tabled in Parliament yesterday. ...
The FSC has obtained legal advice from a Senior Counsel confirming the Government’s FOFA changes will not undermine client best interest or consumer protections....
AFA has accused ISA of hypocrisy for not making its FOFA submission publicly available, despite its loud calls for transparency....
As FOFA development draws to a close, software companies shift focus to scaled advice and customer engagement, research shows....
New ASFA report shows the median cost of intra-fund advice is $2.81 per member per year....
Planners watch events in ICAC and hope they do not impact pace of FOFA changes....
Independent dealer group Premium Wealth Management is slowly growing its member footprint with a new acquisition after it was “grounded” last year by regulatory reform....
Centrepoint Alliance to assist planners gain their own licence and secure PI cover ...
Investment 'supermarket’ InvestSmart has restored its two founders to the helm, who say they have revamped the website to “trumpet the virtues of diversification”....
Based on recent media coverage, it would be easy to believe that the Abbott Government was quite recklessly setting about dismantling all the consumer protections contain...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...