FOFA

Policy & Regulation

The AFA has released a position paper claiming FOFA has been hijacked and is failing to meet its original objectives....

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Financial planning

The IPA says removing the accountants' exemption for financial advice on SMSFs could potentially lower access to advice rather than improve it....

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Policy & Regulation

Platform provider netwealth has launched a new online service which the company said would help financial advisers prepare for the upcoming Future of Financial Advice cha...

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Financial planning

Rice Warner has responded to criticism from segments of the financial planning industry over its findings that opt-in would cost $11 per client with a clarification over ...

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Financial planning

Treasury should fix the uncertain best interest guidelines so that advisers are clear on the extent they are protected from legal claims brought by disgruntled clients, a...

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Superannuation

If the accountant's exemption is removed when the second tranche of draft Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation is released shortly, it will have positive implica...

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Financial planning

The technology surrounding simple advice has been the focus of both financial planners and software developers in the last 12 to 18 months, according to Investment Trends...

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Financial planning

Introducing compulsory opt-in requirements for financial advice while also requiring a collective fee to be paid by superannuation fund members for personal advice create...

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Policy & Regulation

With the only winners from FOFA likely to be industry funds and the big end of town, the AFA has called on the Government to delay its implementation beyond 1 July, next ...

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Financial planning

Amid suggestions of unintended consequences, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten promises amendment mechanisms but only after bills have been tabled in the Parliament....

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Financial planning

The possibility of having to comply with opt-in requirements has emerged as a minor issue for members of the Boutique Financial Planning Principal's Group (BFPPG) attendi...

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Financial planning

Australian Financial Services (AFS) will launch a private label MDA next month it says is aimed at driving down costs ahead of the introduction of the FOFA reforms....

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Top 100

As the risk market becomes more competitive due to the consistently strong demand for insurance products, life companies have truly embraced adviser feedback. The Money M...

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Financial planning

Government claims opt-in would cost around $11 per financial planning client is at best questionable and, at worst, entirely misleading, writes Mike Taylor....

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Editorial

The Commonwealth Bank has moved to acquire Count Financial and, as Mike Taylor reports, pragmatism and the realities of the FOFA changes are the driving forces behind the...

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