FOFA

Editorial

How financial planners will engage with clients in a post-FOFA world

The Government's FOFA legislation will undoubtedly change some of the relationships which exist between planners and their clients but, as Sonnie Bailey writes, underlyin...

Financial planning

Time for financial advisers to embrace structured products?

Neither financial advisers nor investors have been particularly interested in structured products over the past few years and the sector has significantly shrunk since th...

Editorial

Trust the price the Government will pay for FOFA

Something became very clear when Money Management recently conducted a roundtable focusing on the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation tabled in the Parliament e...

Editorial

FOFA - Shorten's bitter harvest

While many in the financial planning industry support the broad, original thrust of the Future of Financial Advice changes, Mike Taylor writes that the manner of their in...

Financial planning

Time to turn lobbying focus to consumers: CommInsure

The industry needs to turn its lobbying focus back towards educating consumers about the dangers of underinsurance, according to CommInsure's Tim Browne....

Financial planning

Platform providers factor in Labor loss

The expectation of a change in Government and consequent changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation has created serious uncertainty and prompted at leas...

Superannuation

Opposition not at war with Industry Super Network

The Opposition is not trying to wage a war against industry superannuation funds, but the FOFA bill has to be fair across the entire industry, said Shadow Minister for Fi...

Financial planning

Regulatory changes unlikely to stop deliberate fraud

Key regulators have admitted that deliberate financial services fraud is hard to stop with or without regulatory changes....

Policy & Regulation

FOFA an industry own goal

The financial planning industry needs to remove all perceived conflicts of interest before it can be seen as a trusted profession, according to chartered accountant and f...

Financial planning

ISN brands financial advice industry '90 per cent sales'

The ISN has used an ASIC report that found around 90 per cent of income of the top 20 licensees is paid by product providers to reiterate calls for key elements of the FO...

Financial planning

Opt-in and best interest a waste of time

Opt-in and best-interest reforms are a waste of time and a cost burden, according to Alexis Compliance and Risk Solutions director Christina Kalantzis....

Financial planning

Remove barriers to infrastructure investment, says FSC

The Government must remove a number of structural, regulatory and political issues that must be resolved before the $1.3 trillion in superannuation saving can be utilised...

Superannuation

Govt 'protecting' industry super funds on financial advice

Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten has been accused of protecting industry superannuation funds and handing them an edge in the provision of financial advice....