FINANCIAL SERVICES ASSOCIATION
Financial planning
Implementation of the Federal Budget superannuation initiatives will result in intense competition between fund managers to develop pension products and services to attra...
Life/Risk
Shadow shopper has revealed a “surprisingly” low percentage of consumers received life insurance advice although, according to industry experts, the responsibility lies o...
Financial planning
Despite one in five financial planners falling foul of the corporate regulator in its latest shadow shopping exercise, and the resulting negative coverage in the mainstre...
Financial planning
The Investment and Financial Services Association has released a discussion paper it hopes will stimulate debate among its members and in the industry about how assumptio...
Superannuation
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released its second Policy Options for Retirement Incomes and Long Term Savings report, which contains recomm...
Financial planning
The IFSA Regulatory Affairs Board Committee has outlined its intended approach toward improving regulation for the financial service industry with the release of its Head...
Policy & Regulation
Hopes that the superannuation contributions tax will be scrapped in the next budget have been dampened, with Federal Treasurer Peter Costello today stating a removal of t...
Financial planning
ASIC is not ‘out to get’ the advice industry or restructure it, preferring to work with the industry to help improve standards, according to ASIC commissioner and current...
Financial planning
The Investment and Financial Services Association’s (IFSA’s) influence on financial services policy debates was never more evident, nor better rewarded, than in 2005, whe...
Financial planning
A recent Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) industry forum heard compelling evidence as to why product rationalisation is an issue that will increasingl...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...