FOFA

Policy & Regulation

Opposition Financial Services spokesman Mathias Cormann has paid credit to the Association of Financial Advisers's role in FOFA negotiations and reiterated his opposition...

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Superannuation

The same timing problems which impacted FOFA are now impacting MySuper....

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Financial planning

Younger financial planners are snapping up C & D client lists from established practices and treating them as a referral source, according to NAB Financial Planner Bankin...

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Editorial

The industry is still waiting on an announcement from the Government following the decision to remove the accountants' exemption on providing advice on SMSFs as part of F...

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Editorial

With the FOFA, Stronger Super and MySuper reforms finally taking shape, the financial services industry has a clearer picture of what the future holds, writes Chris Kenne...

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Financial planning

Shadforth Financial Group is in talks with platform providers and fund managers to offer low-cost enhanced asset class (EAC) investment options to low-value clients....

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Editorial

With the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services having last week handed down its final report on the collapse of Trio Capital, it is worth r...

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Policy & Regulation

New draft Future of Financial Advice regulations released yesterday by Treasury clarify grandfathering arrangements, fee arrangements and conflicted remuneration....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers must better communicate the message of Australia's strong financials and get back to the business of providing quality education and understanding to c...

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Financial planning

Two of the Coalition's most senior senators, Mathias Cormann and Arthur Sinodinos, will on Friday outline the Federal Opposition's policy approaches at an Association of ...

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Financial planning

Minister for Financial Services Bill Shorten and regulators to address Financial Services Council's August national conference on the Gold Coast....

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Policy & Regulation

The newly released draft FOFA regulations indicate all financial contracts entered into prior to the application date of new regulations will be grandfathered....

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Financial planning

AIA Australia launches product changes which help financial planners deliver insurance within superannuation....

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Financial planning

AMPFS boss says the Financial Planning Association's control of CFP designation hands it an advantage....

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Editorial

Until the final wording of the Future of Financial Advice legislation is released, it is impossible to assess what the opt-in agreements have actually achieved for financ...

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