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Less conflict, more interest: FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... Treasurer Bill Shorten said the changes, particularly the ban on 'conflicted remuneration', can only improve the planning industry's public image and encourage more Australians to get financial advice. The next couple of years will be critical to the ...

Good advisers can save clients from tax crackdown

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... costs, which is their real objective. In the past, agricultural tax avoidance schemes canvassed the financial planning industry, potentially making planners a target for the tax office crackdown. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of ...

SPAA rejigs board

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... technical strategist, is the co-founder of Strategy Steps, an independent boutique firm supporting the financial planning industry with technical support and practical strategies. "Louise Biti is well known in the financial planning and SMSF sectors. ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... important forum." Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, said the financial planning industry had seen three years of significant change. "It's time to get on with the implementation of FoFA," he said. "The area of ...

MLC program attracts new planners

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 3 MAR 2011
... current reforms and the planned introduction of a fiduciary duty has sparked a lot of interest in the financial planning industry, with the MLC program to be run in Sydney and Melbourne. The NAB network currently has 450 advice businesses and 1,500 advisers. ...

Super stoush over opt-in scheme

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2011
... ISN, that found nearly 75 per cent of respondents favoured the annual renewal of ongoing fees. "The financial planning industry and big retail funds are out of touch with what consumers want," said Whiteley.

ASIC retains key role as fin planning regulator: Shorten

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 11 FEB 2011
... Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) will retain its role as sole regulator for the financial planning industry but will work with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to maintain standards in tax advice. The Treasury released its foundation ...

Bank lends aid to fin planning businesses

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
St.George Bank and other lenders are looking to plug the funding gap in the financial planning industry left by its rivals that have withdrawn from the market. Commonwealth Bank's decision to cease lending to financial planning businesses late last ...

US reforms open doors for tax-savvy advice

MATT WOODINGTON  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 FEB 2011
... reforms that will call to an end a government ruling that stops them from recommending certain tax strategies. The planning industry welcomed the decision of the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary to send the Patent Reform Act of 2011 to the full Senate. ...

Mobile internet tools take flight

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 24 JAN 2011
... Synchron conducted its training course for advisers entirely on the iPad - setting a technological milestone in the planning industry. According to Ovum's predictions, North America (23 per cent of global shipments) and Western Europe (19 per cent) will ...