The Finance Sector Union has argued for the extension of the Future of Financial Advice best interests duty to general advice....

FOFA reforms were never intended to address the issues that emerged out of vertically integrated advice businesses and needs to be examined separately, the FPA said....

Technology may be vital for increasing efficiency and decreasing costs but the key to achieving this lies in how financial advice practices implement and utilise it, Jass...

Mike Taylor writes that the creation of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has brought the financial planning industry to another crossroad on its journ...

The Future of Financial Advice has cost a great deal of money and the jury is still out on the ultimate benefits, according to a Financial Planning Association submission...

Managed accounts met the requirements of the post-FOFA world of compliance, client centricity and scalability, and had grown 27 per cent in the six months to December 20...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has obtained Federal Court orders against an advice firm accused of FoFa breaches....

The Future of Financial Advice ban on conflicted remuneration should be expanded to encompass the salaries of bank executives, according to the Finance Sector Union....

What is the difference between a ‘rebate’ and a ‘commission’ and is a different standard being applied to the ‘risk sharing rebates’ paid to industry funds by insurers?...

A Parliamentary Committee has been told the Future of Financial Advice regime contains too many exemptions to make it effective in removing the sales culture within Austr...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has urged a Senate Committee to give it powers to deal with licensees and planners beyond those contained in the FOFA...

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission review of Mortgage Broker Remuneration is reminiscent of the findings which gave rise to the Future of Financial Advi...

The Association of Financial Advisers says the FOFA ban on conflicted remuneration needs to be extended to other financial services operatives including property spruiker...

The Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, Kelly O’Dwyer suggests life insurance commissions should have been addressed within FOFA....