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The Federal Government has been taken to task for causing consumer uncertainty by taking an undue amount of time to deliver a new legislative framework covering the finan...
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The first draft of the legislation flowing from the Government’s proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) changes is now not likely to be made available until nex...
Superannuation
Superannuation funds will soon have to provide consumers with greater transparency around investment risk with the introduction of a new industry guideline....
Financial planning
While the soft dollar spotlight has been firmly shone on all-expenses paid trips and lavish gifts given to financial advisers, the Treasury's proposed ban on these paymen...
Policy & Regulation
The Assistant Treasurer, Bill Shorten, has claimed the balance of FOFA is right and has urged the financial services industry to support a super guarantee increase based ...
Financial planning
The happy days of all-expenses-paid trips and free tickets to the country's top events will end should certain Future of Financial Advice reforms relating to soft dollar ...
Financial planning
Financial services delivers mixed response to Budget measures....
Editorial
With the Government’s release of its Future of Financial Advice proposals, Mike Taylor writes that the financial planning industry now has a tangible target at whic...
Policy & Regulation
A ban on risk commissions within superannuation has been one of the main areas of concern resulting from the Government's FOFA package....
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has confirmed transitional arrangements on volume rebates involving the grandfathering of those existing before 30 June, 2012....
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....
Editorial
With the major institutions and dealer groups having actively encouraged their financial planners to vote 'yes' to the Financial Planning Association's (FPA's) constituti...
Financial planning
Suncorp chief executive warns of negative consumer impact of 'churn'....
Editorial
The Minister for Financial Services, Billl Shorten, knows as well as anyone else in the financial services sector that the IFAAA is a minnow. Thus his recent comments mus...
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is already emerging as a beneficiary of the Financial Planning Association's (FPA's) drive to become a professional association, with...
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So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...