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Beulah seizes post-FOFA opportunity

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2011
... massive growth in this area, Beulah only launched just over three years ago and we now have $235 million in funds and the Future of Financial Advice reforms are playing into our hands. One of the areas that has been good for growth, in our perspective ...

Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available today

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... the tablet edition of the Financial Standard newspaper. This edition we feature a roundup of the latest news on the Future of Financial Advice reforms with in-depth analysis of Shorten's proposals and industry reactions. Our special report looks at how ...

Uncertainty and consolidation just the beginning: AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... doubts about the growth strategy of Bill Shorten, Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, and manager of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms. "We believe that less competition in the industry and greater consolidation spells fewer ...

Planning industry unified on commissions: AMP

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2011
... the profession," Helmich told Financial Standard. "Australia has the FPA Australia, the Financial Services Council and Future of Financial Advice reforms, we are more advanced and moving towards a marketplace without commissions." "In the US there is ...

Plan B names new CEO

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 SEP 2011
... planning group's early use of fee-for-service and no rebates or commissions positions it perfectly for the Government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) package. "I am keen to see how we leverage the capability that is already there and take advantage ...

Retail super fund commissions revealed

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... Morgan Research suggests more than 2 million Australians are in this boat - paying money for nothing." Under the proposed Future of Financial Advice reforms, the grandfathering of existing clients means that advisers can keep past kickbacks but as of ...

Super funds need to guide members: Investment Trends

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 SEP 2011
... demanding a comprehensive solution of good information integrated with effective advice offerings, said Johnson. "With the Future of Financial Advice reforms being introduced in July 2012, there is a real opportunity for providers to combine limited ...

FOFA levels playing field: ANZ Wealth

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 5 SEP 2011
... according to Paul Barrett, general manager advice and distribution, ANZ Wealth. The best interest test, as part of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, will provide the ideal setting to move financial planning as a profession and help planners ...

Mercer plans for post FOFA advice dominance

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... post-retirement product solution and the introduction of its global funds to Australian advisers. Prompting the move was the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, which Cara Williams, recently appointed as global head of wealth management, told ...

PM Gillard: super to support economic stability

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2011
... Australian jobs, all of which are reshaping the structure of the economy. The Prime Minister also spoke of Monday's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms in relation to the super savings of Australians and said it should not be about industry or ...