Now is no time for advisers to ease up in terms of lobbying local MPs around FOFA issues, according to AFA chief executive Richard Klipin....
Exposure to infrastructure and unlisted assets has been a vital performance differentiator between industry and retail superannuation funds, according to the ISN. ...
Advisory technology of the kind used by super funds to provide limited advice could help advisers and dealer groups retain and profitably service C and D clients in a fee...
With the Government having released its FOFA proposals, Rick Cosier writes that financial planners have fallen victim to a range of blatant misconceptions that need to be...
The managing director of a small Melbourne financial planning practice has written a letter to Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten, outlining the devastating effect ...
Financial planners have been told they can use rapid advice technology to combat the efforts of industry funds....
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...
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has reiterated its calls for a level playing field for all who provide financial advice to retail clients - including the indu...
Industry funds launch national print campaign supporting intra-fund advice....
Intra-fund advice should be included in the opt-in debate due to a lack of transparency regarding the way industry super funds finance it, according to Association of Fin...
Mike Taylor writes that the recent Industry Super Network-commissioned surveys about opt-in only serve to distract attention from the reality of the changes: they will in...
The superannuation market offers more choice than ever for consumers looking to build a retirement nest egg, but exercising the right strategies can make a world of diffe...
The new lobbying group AusFIN may present a united front for consumer groups and the industry super funds, but Mike Taylor writes that a closer look at its members reveal...
Those who are in favour of opt in probably do not run their own business and do not understand the costs of implementation, according to the founder of an online petition...
Robert Keavney recognises the trend for industry super funds to establish financial advice businesses, like their retail competitors. But he asks the question: Whose mone...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...