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With the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services having last week handed down its final report on the collapse of Trio Capital, it is worth r...
Policy & Regulation
The newly released draft FOFA regulations indicate all financial contracts entered into prior to the application date of new regulations will be grandfathered....
Financial planning
The apparent eruption of a financial planning distribution turf war in the immediate aftermath of the acquisition of Count Financial by the Commonwealth Bank has led to w...
Financial planning
AMPFS boss says the Financial Planning Association's control of CFP designation hands it an advantage....
Financial planning
AMP has signaled it will be pushing further into providing financial advice to the post-retirement sector....
Policy & Regulation
A senior lawyer has warned there is nothing in FOFA to prevent a repeat of Trio Capital, Storm Financial or Westpoint....
Financial planning
The Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees has told the Treasury it wants the rules around the provision of intrafund advice with respect to MySuper products ali...
Tools & guides
General awareness among financial planners about issues associated with aged care is one thing, but having a strong knowledge in this area is another, writes IOOF’s Marti...
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has supported the view of Richard St John that a last resort compensation scheme would be 'inappropriate and counterproductive' for the fin...
Financial planning
Direct sales of financial products and the use of social media for business purposes have grown to become bigger factors than FOFA for financial advisory practices, accor...
Financial planning
An increase in ASIC funding to aid the implementation of the FOFA reforms will be partly paid for by an increase in fees charged to AFSL holders....
Financial planning
The amount Australians are prepared to pay for financial advice has slipped over the past year, with the gap between expected and actual cost of advice widening....
Financial planning
Financial planners have welcomed St John report recommendations suggesting product issuers accept greater responsibility. ...
Policy & Regulation
Government delivers additional funding to ASIC for FOFA and a range of other financial services changes....
Financial planning
ANZ's Paul Barrett says educating consumers is the key to growing adviser credibility....
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Podcast
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...