FOFA

Financial planning

Industry silent as public makes feelings on ASIC known. ...

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Financial planning

The FOFA legislation once heralded was a long time coming – and with its implementation date has also arrived a raft of questions as to how parts of the legislation will ...

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Editorial

While Rice Warner riled the financial planning industry with its latest research work on behalf of Industry Super Network, history will be the judge of the validity of it...

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Financial planning

Industry Super Network chief executive David Whiteley will find himself pitted against some of the financial planning industry's key executives at a Money Management/Asso...

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Superannuation

FSC urges use of Treasury inter-generational report as basis for five-year super policy settings. ...

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Superannuation

The same company which produced research claiming FOFA would make advice cheaper is now in the headlines for giving women more super than men....

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Financial planning

The regulator has put forward new proposals to update the record-keeping obligations for those who provide financial advice to retail clients. ...

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Financial planning

AIOFP chief Peter Johnston says other associations fail to represent the specific needs of independently owned financial planners at the government level, announcing the ...

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Financial planning

Two large banks have told the PJC that they do not impose sales targets on their financial planners, but revenue targets and adviser bonus structures are still in place....

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Financial planning

Former Apogee head says the traditional model of a risk-focussed dealer group is not sustainable in the post-FOFA era. ...

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Editorial

Tasmanian Liberal Senator, David Bushby, who is chairing the Senate Committee reviewing ASIC, made a very good point when he said that nothing in the FOFA changes will pr...

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Financial planning

While recent media reports have painted a less than flattering picture of its former culture, it is important to recognise that Commonwealth Financial Planning has come a...

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Top 100

Many financial planning businesses have had to put their growth plans and other projects on hold while preparing for FOFA. Milana Pokrajac looks at opportunities lost....

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Financial planning

There are enough unknowns remaining in FOFA to create uncertainty for planners well into next year....

Financial planning

Rubik Financial Limited has entered an agreement with Revex Solutions around COIN acquiring Revex and a four-year exclusive reseller agreement....

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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