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Dealer groups miss commissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
Dealer groups today welcomed the future of financial advice reforms - but unanimously disapproved of the banning of life insurance commissions within superannuation funds. MLC & NAB Wealth, AMP and AXA, and BT Financial Group said they were happy the ...

New super products and mergers may result - insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... financial planners alike have responded with mixed reactions to today's announcement regarding the Future of Financial Advice reforms which banned all commissions on risk insurance for both individual and group risk inside superannuation and placed a ...

Planners needle minister over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... Bill Shorten fielded prickly questions from financial planners after giving a speech on the Future of Financial Advice reforms at a luncheon gathering yesterday. Minister Shorten told the Financial Planning Association (FPA) event that the Future of ...

RI Advice Group targets WA practices

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 FEB 2011
... we are targeting reasonable specific businesses in terms of growth, those who will embrace Future of Financial Advice reforms and are keen to expand their business in technology," said Ornsby. "Our key goal is future readying all our practices, but technology ...

SPAA to lift professional standards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
... that 2011 opens a wealth of opportunities for SMSF advisers ahead of the Stronger Super and Future of Financial Advice reforms. Long urged delegates to take the conference as an opportunity to network particularly with new members. Since April last year ...

Three in five advisers opt out of opt-in: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... researcher Core Data-brandmanagement last September to gauge adviser sentiment regarding the Future of Financial Advice Reforms (FoFA). Surveying more than 1,300 financial advisers, two-thirds of whom come from small practices, the research found that ...

Shorten unveils advisory panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... and Superannuation, has unveiled a new financial advisory panel to help with the Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms. "The Panel will play a key role in lifting the level of professional standards and promoting confidence in the financial ...

Johnson Report holds key to competition

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 28 OCT 2010
... borrowing offshore retail deposits which they on-lend in Australia. On the advice side, the Future of Financial Advice reforms will help increase market concentration - and in turn, also boost competition, and 60 per cent believe the recommendations ...

Annual renewals protect investors: ISN

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 OCT 2010
Annual renewals will be a key element of the Future of Financial Advice reforms, and failure to implement these arrangements will see the reforms 'seriously compromised', according to the Industry Super Network. ISN this month released a briefing paper ...

SMSF advisers back FOFA call to upskill

SPAA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 SEP 2010
... More than 90 per cent of SMSF advisers support raising competency levels through the proposed Future of Financial Advice Reforms - while 6 out of 10 advisers agree SMSF auditors should be registered with ASIC, new research shows. According to the 2010 ...