FOFA

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has confirmed transitional arrangements on volume rebates involving the grandfathering of those existing before 30 June, 2012....

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Financial planning

Care needs to be taken in mandating a 'best interest' or fiduciary-like duty, because it would imply that one did not already exist, according to Argyle Lawyers principal...

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Policy & Regulation

The FPA has outlined concerns about opt-in provisions and insurance bans within super outlined in the Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms....

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Superannuation

The Federal Government’s Future of Financial Advice reforms have banned all risk commissions in super and volume rebates at the same time as imposing a two-year opt-in on...

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Editorial

If the Treasurer, Wayne Swan, is wise, he will closely examine his first Budget as a part of a Rudd Labor Government and the problems that administration created by needl...

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Financial planning

New AFA research has confirmed FOFA risks escalating Australia's underinsurance problems....

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Financial planning

The Treasury's two 'best interest' duty options, offered up to the Future of Financial Advice Peak Consultation Group for discussion, have been met with a mixed response....

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Financial planning

Current default compensation arrangements for retail clients rely largely on professional indemnity insurance, and provide no guarantee that retail clients will be able t...

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Editorial

The Future of Financial Advice changes may be dominating the attention of the financial services industry but Richard Gilbert points out that the Government has a great d...

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Financial planning

Money Management recently hosted a roundtable about the effects of the Government’s proposed Future of Financial Advice reforms. The key concern of those present wa...

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Policy & Regulation

The Federal Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes carry with them the genuine risk of benefiting the big banks, institutions and industry funds at the ex...

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Financial planning

The number of legislative and regulatory changes for the financial planning industry coming through in the next couple of years could be too burdensome and distracting fo...

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Editorial

Perceptions exist that the industry super funds have succeeded in having the Government stack the cards against financial planners. Mike Taylor writes it is up to the Ass...

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People & Products

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has appointed Wealth Enhancers financial adviser Sarah Riegelhuth to chair its 2011-2012 GenXt Committee....

Financial planning

With the Government promising to increase education requirements for financial planners through its Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms package, the AMP Horizons Ac...

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