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Industry pushes for more consumer protection under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... investment within general advice. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard that the organisation will continue to push for an explicit ban on commissions. "We would like to see about 2% of this legislation tightened up to guarantee consumer ...

FoFA regulations paused, but legislation will go ahead

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... legislation, and the process is underway. However, former Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos had planned simultaneously to push through the amendments via regulation. Had he pursued this course, the amendments would have become law immediately, in ...

FoFA freeze a consequence of pro-consumer campaign: Silk

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... they proceed," Brogden said. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann announced on Thursday that he temporarily pause its plans to push the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through parliament. The announcement was made shortly after he took over former ...

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann will temporarily pause its plans to push the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through parliament. Cormann spoke to a number of media outlets and said that he wanted to consult key stakeholders including the ...

Labor hopes to disallow FoFA amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Australia chief executive David Whiteley, opposition treasury spokesperson Chris Bowen said the government's decision to push the amendments through simultaneously as legislation and regulation could potentially create a great deal of confusion. "We ...

Senate pushes for Sinodinos to explain corruption allegations

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
The Federal Opposition is putting pressure on Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos to make a full statement to the Senate about his involvement with Australia Water Holdings (AWH) which is at the centre of an Independent Commission Against Corruption ...

Consumers join FoFA debate

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
Consumers have added their voice to the debate over the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, with the launch of the 'Save Our FoFA' campaign. The campaign, started by consumer advocate Christopher Zinn, aims to raise ...

Super social media yet to excite members

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 17 MAR 2014
... media is that it puts more pressure on them to keep their website up to date and contemporary as most social media links push users back to the website anyway.

Market wrap AM

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2014
The Australian market looks set to open lower following sharp falls on Wall Street as Russia-Ukraine tension escalates and rhetoric between the US and Russia intensifies. At 0645 AEDT on Friday, the March share price index futures contract was down ...

Parliament passes more nuanced SMSF penalties

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... first proposed by the previous Government responding to the Cooper Review, and we are pleased to see the Coalition Government push the legislation through Parliament. "The new regime will give the ATO more flexibility in administering the SMSF sector.A ...