The ALP will not be forgetting FOFA and will look to reimplement its model when it returns to government....

Money Management’s 2014 Top 100 Dealer Group research has revealed an industry which has changed substantially since 2007/08 and might be on the cusp of further change. ...

AFA members will have to abide by six new principles of professionalism, which are set to form a critical part of the AFA’s revised Code of Conduct....

Financial advisers’ high regulatory burden is the product of a system that wrongly fails to distinguish “high risk” and “low risk” advice, an adviser believes....

Financial planning practices are keen to grow their client base in the year ahead, but few intend on boosting planner numbers to achieve this, a survey reveals....

Premium Wealth Management chief executive, Paul Harding-Davis believes FOFA has crimped opportunities for organic growth giving rise to moves such as the acquisition by A...

Macquarie has used its AGM to claim it is on track in meeting the terms of its 2013 Macquarie Private Wealth enforceable undertaking....

The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has refused to conede that the Government’s FOFA changes will generate more risk....

The compliance work involved in running an AFSL has intensified under the FOFA reforms, Ausingroup’s head of wealth management, Mark Morcos believes,...

A central register of advisers could help weed out rogue operators in the financial advice space and rebuild trust in the profession, the Association of Financial Adviser...

The results of the FSI’s interim report emphasises the need for tax deductions those who pay for financial advice, the Institute of Public Accountants claims....

The misdeeds which occurred within Commonwealth Financial Planning have become a stalking horse for those seeking to prevent any amendments to FOFA....

A letter written by Senator Mathias Cormann to Clive Palmer confirms the concessions that were necessary to ensure passage of the regulations changing FOFA....

The Association of Financial Advisers has thanked the Palmer United Party “for its proactive action” in voting down a move to disallow the Government’s FOFA reforms....