POWERED BY MOMENTUM MEDIA
FOFA
Policy & Regulation
The Government’s Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation passed through the Senate yesterday, but there seems to be some confusion over whether the terms 'financial...
Policy & Regulation
The Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) bills have passed the Senate, moving the hard compliance date back to 1 July 2013....
Editorial
Mike Taylor writes that the Federal Opposition has signalled some of the so-called ‘concessions’ extracted around the passage of the FOFA bills may not have a life beyond...
Policy & Regulation
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...
Superannuation
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...
Financial planning
Product providers are turning to software solutions to help them get new investment products to the market ahead of legislative changes, according to Bravura Solutions he...
Financial planning
Money Management is seeking readers' views on some of the organisations representing financial planners....
Financial planning
Financial planning licensee Capstone has announced further enhancements to its XPLAN advice technology platform to deal with FOFA changes....
Financial planning
Confusion appears to be the outcome of the Government's failure to answer questions about the provision of intrafund advice in the latest tranche of Stronger Super draft ...
Financial planning
Madison Financial Group has selected Morningstar Australasia as its investment research provider....
Editorial
The dust has well and truly settled on the Federal Budget but, as Liz Westover writes, the Government needs to accept that its actions have served to confuse Australians ...
Policy & Regulation
ASIC confirms it was consulted in negotiations involving the Financial Planning Association around last minute-changes to FOFA....
Editorial
Is any sensible financial planning principal capable of resisting the offer of up to $1 million to change dealer groups and/or corporate allegiance?...
Accounting
Treasury officials tell Senate Committee accountants will be moved into FOFA world....
Financial planning
The proliferation of professional "hats" an adviser or an accountant has to wear simultaneously when giving advice is going to confuse planners and accountants in the wid...
Never miss the latest news and developments in wealth management industry
MARKET INSIGHTS
Podcast
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,...