4 March 2010 | Law firm Levitt Robinson argues the compensation arrangements being negotiated between former Storm Financial clients and the Commonwealth Bank of Australia will not achieve full compensation for clients.
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22 February 2010 | Bernie Ripoll warns about the return of margin lending into the financial sector, and the dangers the practice poses for unwary investors.
11 February 2010 | Lobby groups have oversimplified the financial services debate, leaving the roots of the industry’s problems unexposed, argues the executive manager of Guardian Financial Planning Steve Browning.
11 February 2010 | Financial planners would be well advised to meet with their local MP and explain to them the value of the industry, according to former NSW Opposition Leader Kerry Chikarovski.
10 February 2010 | PJC chair warns the rising number of margin lending clients should "be of concern to banks and regulators", while slamming spruikers who target the vulnerable.
8 February 2010 | Mark Halsey takes a look at recommendation two of the PJC inquiry into financial products and services and its potential implications for the industry.
2 February 2010 | Financial Index Australia has acquired 50 per cent of Ballarat-based financial planning practice Nevett Ford Financial Services, with an agreement to acquire the remaining 50 per cent over the next three years.
1 February 2010 | Bryan Ashenden takes a look at the far-reaching impact the recommendations of the Ripoll inquiry could have on the industry.
25 January 2010 | While there will be plenty of discussion around policy issues this year, the realities of the political cycle mean it will be well into 2011 before financial planners can expect to see any actual change.
21 December 2009 | As 2009 comes to a close, Money Management looks back at the individuals and events that generated controversy.
21 December 2009 | The Australian financial planning industry has finished 2009 having successfully surmounted a number of its greatest challenges, writes Mike Taylor.
09:00 AM | While much remains unresolved about future government policy and the ultimate shape of financial planning regulation, a good deal is already obvious. Change is inevitable.
09:00 AM | When the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services handed down its recent report into Financial Products and Services in Australia, it was predictably lamenting how 'mum and dad' investors lacked the educational skills to critically analyse retail investment products. But is education the answer?
09:00 AM | With the industry coming to the end of a particularly challenging period, financial planners have good reason to be optimistic, writes Jo-Anne Bloch.
09:00 AM | In the wake of a challenging year, a number of major hurdles lie ahead for financial planners, writes Richard Klipin.
09:00 AM | It's time for the industry to evolve into a profession – and this involves more than simply removing commissions, writes Barry Lambert.
7 December 2009 | As the fragile world economy begins to show signs of recovery, Ray Griffin explains how to work with skittish clients.
20 November 2009 | The Financial Planning Association has announced the implementation of FPA Confidential, an online anonymous reporting system, in its effort to tackle misconduct in the industry.
19 November 2009 | The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen, said any future regulatory change will be guided by the need to provide high quality financial advice to as many Australians as possible without distortions to remuneration.
18 November 2009 | The Industry Super Network has combined with Choice, ACOSS and the ACTU to place pressure on the Ripoll inquiry just days before it is due to report.
5 November 2009 | Storm Financial co-founders Emmanuel and Julie Cassimatis seemed to be suffering from a bout of absent mindedness in the final days of hearings into the company's collapse.
30 October 2009 | The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is in the process of implementing a new $800 million software system it hopes will allow it to more easily identify problems such as Storm Financial in its customer base.
29 October 2009 | The Commonwealth Bank has changed its process for notifying clients of margin calls in response to the Storm Financial debacle, despite acknowledging the intermediary model has worked well across the remainder of its 7,000 financial planning relationships in that area.
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