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Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers has declared to the Royal Commission that the debate over the removal of grandfathered commissions is now running out of control wit...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association has suggested risk rating financial products to better target consumer protections....
Features
Mike Taylor writes that the creation of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has brought the financial planning industry to another crossroad on its journ...
Financial planning
Tax rules need to be reformed to enable consumers claim for all the costs associated with developing a financial plan, and produce long-term economic benefits, the IPA be...
Financial planning
Tax rules need to be reformed to enable consumers claim for all the costs associated with developing a financial plan, and produce long-term economic benefits, the IPA be...
Editorial
The industry funds are seeking to play the consumer protection card in their defence of the default funds under modern awards regime but the real beneficiaries of the sta...
Financial planning
After this week’s leadership challenge the Federal Government will not waste political capital championing changes to FOFA according to the AFA....
Financial planning
Baby boomers will be the last generation focused on financial advice with planners needing to convince people to take up advice while also introducing new blood into thei...
Financial planning
The political wrangling around financial advice reforms have passed over the heads of most consumers who have yet to be convinced of their relevance according to Adviser ...
Superannuation
Vertical integration is off the radar for the time being but may come back if amendments to the FOFA legislation are revived according to ISA. ...
Financial planning
Potential mis-selling and poor advice are likely in the forestry managed investment scheme sector if amendments to FOFA are allowed to proceed, according to Industry Supe...
Financial planning
The AIST has called on the Government to draw a distinction between bank aligned and independent financial planners....
Policy & Regulation
The FSI final report has placed stockbrokers squarely in the regulatory cross-hairs....
Financial planning
ISA has fired a last shot across the bows of retail financial advice before the release of the FSI report calling for the “conflict-ridden, vertically integrated business...
Policy & Regulation
Minister for Finance, Senator Mathias Cormann, declares the Government is still working to agree more “non-contentious” FOFA refinements....
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...