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Australia’s growing “class action mentality” and the emergence of litigation funders have created fertile ground for claims against participants in the financial services...
Financial planning
The major planning organisations expect the newly-elected Coalition Government to deliver on the promised changes to FOFA....
Financial planning
The Fold Legal launches three new online learning modules in its Financial Advice Series....
Financial planning
ASIC to keep watching brief for 18 months over Anne Street Partners Financial Services....
Editorial
With Parliament prorogued and the advice reform agenda incomplete, many in the financial services industry are left wondering ‘what now?’, writes Cecilia Storniolo....
Financial planning
Seaview Consulting predicts financial planning practice values will remain in decline with supply outstripping demand....
Funds management
ETFs have moved onto a level playing field with actively managed investment products as a result of the FOFA reforms — but the onus is still on ETFs for people to invest ...
Editorial
Planning acquisitions and platform restructure set scene for future performance....
Financial planning
Following calls by the FPA for industry to work together in raising awareness around the benefits of financial advice, both ASIC and the FOS have given their support to F...
Editorial
Industry Super Network CEO David Whiteley has made an appeal to financial advisers to give FOFA a chance to work before rushing to have the reforms amended. ...
Rate the raters
If a product receives a glowing review by a research house and subsequently fails, should the research house be partly responsible? The Parliamentary Joint Committee rece...
Financial planning
Two businesses specialising in providing support to small licensees said they were experiencing significant growth due to dealer group dissatisfaction and FOFA. ...
Financial planning
The FPA has kicked off its financial planning week, which will allow consumers to get free financial advice from its members....
Financial planning
A major law firm has warned Australian consumers against taking advice from bank financial planners....
Financial planning
An Investment Trends survey conducted two months before FOFA came into effect revealed only 23 per cent of financial planners felt ready....
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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...