FPA

Financial planning

ISN/Rice Warner study highlights need for independent research

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) question the validity of research commissioned by a party with a vested interest....

Editorial

Is FOFA an unbridgeable divide?

Mike Taylor reports that the likelihood of a bipartisan report and meaningful amendments emerging from the Parliamentary Joint Committee reviewing the FOFA bills is becom...

Financial planning

ISN/Rice Warner study highlights need for independent research

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) question the validity of research commissioned by a party with a vested interest....

Policy & Regulation

Financial planning industry vigilant on FOFA bill timing

The financial planning industry is remaining vigilant despite Government assurances on FOFA bills' debate timing....

Financial planning

FPA joins push on tax deductibility

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has joined the push for the Government to make advice fees tax deductible while continuing to press its case for the restricted u...

Financial planning

ASIC warned to stay independent

ASIC has been placed on notice to adopt a more independent stance in the wake of the regulator having presented a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) with preliminary dat...

Financial planning

ASIC warned to stay independent

ASIC has been placed on notice to adopt a more independent stance in the wake of the regulator having presented a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) with preliminary dat...

Financial planning

ASIC shadow shop results highly preliminary

ASIC has released highly preliminary figures from its financial planning shadow shop exercise at the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) hearing, having given only 24 hou...

Financial planning

ASIC shadow shop results highly preliminary

ASIC has released highly preliminary figures from its financial planning shadow shop exercise at the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) hearing, having given only 24 hou...

Policy & Regulation

FPA laments confusing FOFA process

The FPA has expressed concern at the FOFA process and how certain decisions such as those imposing fee disclosure and opt-in were made....

Superannuation

Opposition wants MySuper amended ahead of Productivity Commission

The Federal Opposition says the Productivity Commission's review of default funds under modern awards need not take all year and that the MySuper legislation should be am...

Policy & Regulation

FOFA bills fail to meet financial advice objectives - FPA

The FPA has warned the Parliamentary Joint Committee the FOFA bills, as drafted, will fail to meet the objectives of better and more accessible financial advice....

Superannuation

Resource tax clears path to superannuation guarantee increase

The passing of the Minerals Resource Rent Tax (MRRT) has paved the way for an increase in the superannuation guarantee (SG)....

Financial planning

Securitor joins AFA

Securitor, one of BT Financial Group's major dealer groups with 450 advisers, has joined the Association of Financial Advisers....

Financial planning

Intra-fund changes fall short of level playing field

Changes to the delivery of intra-fund financial advice preclude recommendations to consolidate superannuation accounts or move from one fund to another, but still fall sh...