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Australia's key financial planning industry organisations have been heartened by a declaration by NSW independent Rob Oakeshott that he will oppose 'opt-in' when the Gove...
Policy & Regulation
The Labor Party's leadership struggles could distract the party from addressing issues related to the FOFA reforms, according to Association of Financial Advisers politic...
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will require all adviser members to complete the AFA's ethics unit to attain the AChFP designation from 1 July this year....
Financial planning
Scaled financial advice is a promising offering receiving a big push from the Government and industry regulators. However, lingering uncertainties are preventing the serv...
Policy & Regulation
The finance industry has found itself in a similar situation to the financial planning industry around the Government's handling of new legislation....
Editorial
Although the process involving the upcoming FOFA reforms commenced a few years ago, the reforms package still looks like an unsolved jigsaw puzzle, writes Pam Roberts....
Financial planning
Financial planning groups have expressed serious concerns about ASIC's proposal to allow transition-to-retirement (TTR) strategies within intra-fund financial advice....
Financial planning
It is up to the financial planning industry to actively lift its standards regardless of what arises out of the FOFA legislation, according to Association of Financial Ad...
Policy & Regulation
The Opposition is demanding the Government reveal the costs and benefits of its FOFA legislation....
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) question the validity of research commissioned by a party with a vested interest....
Editorial
Mike Taylor reports that the likelihood of a bipartisan report and meaningful amendments emerging from the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills is becom...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) question the validity of research commissioned by a party with a vested interest....
Policy & Regulation
The financial planning industry is remaining vigilant despite Government assurances on FOFA bills' debate timing....
Policy & Regulation
As many as 35,000 people in the financial advice industry will lose their jobs if the proposed FOFA reforms go ahead without amendment, according to the Association of Fi...
Financial planning
ASIC has been placed on notice to adopt a more independent stance in the wake of the regulator having presented a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) with preliminary dat...
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It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...