The IPA says removing the accountants' exemption for financial advice on SMSFs could potentially lower access to advice rather than improve it....

Platform provider netwealth has launched a new online service which the company said would help financial advisers prepare for the upcoming Future of Financial Advice cha...

Rice Warner has responded to criticism from segments of the financial planning industry over its findings that opt-in would cost $11 per client with a clarification over ...

Treasury should fix the uncertain best interest guidelines so that advisers are clear on the extent they are protected from legal claims brought by disgruntled clients, a...

If the accountant's exemption is removed when the second tranche of draft Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation is released shortly, it will have positive implica...

The technology surrounding simple advice has been the focus of both financial planners and software developers in the last 12 to 18 months, according to Investment Trends...

Introducing compulsory opt-in requirements for financial advice while also requiring a collective fee to be paid by superannuation fund members for personal advice create...

With the only winners from FOFA likely to be industry funds and the big end of town, the AFA has called on the Government to delay its implementation beyond 1 July, next ...

Amid suggestions of unintended consequences, Assistant Treasurer Bill Shorten promises amendment mechanisms but only after bills have been tabled in the Parliament....

The possibility of having to comply with opt-in requirements has emerged as a minor issue for members of the Boutique Financial Planning Principal's Group (BFPPG) attendi...

Australian Financial Services (AFS) will launch a private label MDA next month it says is aimed at driving down costs ahead of the introduction of the FOFA reforms....

As the risk market becomes more competitive due to the consistently strong demand for insurance products, life companies have truly embraced adviser feedback. The Money M...

Government claims opt-in would cost around $11 per financial planning client is at best questionable and, at worst, entirely misleading, writes Mike Taylor....

The Commonwealth Bank has moved to acquire Count Financial and, as Mike Taylor reports, pragmatism and the realities of the FOFA changes are the driving forces behind the...