Industry panel turns up FOFA heatBY RACHEL DAVIS | MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011 11:50AMThe 'future is in your hands' industry panel participants treated day one of the 2011 AFA conference to a lively debate over the architecture of the future of financial advice reforms, the regulatory separation of superannuation from the rest of the wealth management industry and disclosure among industry funds. |
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