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Life Insurance and Advice Working Group chair appointed

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
Former APRA member John Trowbridge has been appointed independent chairman of the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group established by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC). The working group will address ...

AFA questions ASIC life report

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
... is a need for advisers to face up to this." As a response to the report the AFA has set up a joint life insurance working group with the Financial Services Council (FSC) which will deliver an interim report in December and a final report in 2015. The ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... But he acknowledged that the findings suggest a need to take the issues raised seriously. Fox told media that a working group with ASIC and the Financial Services Council (FSC) will meet on October 27 and is expected to issue an interim report in Dec ...

One third of risk advisers non-compliant, ASIC says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have responded to the report by jointly convening a working group to specifically address retail life insurance product structures and distribution practices. An independent chair will be ...

Ties between product and advice "archaic": FPA

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
The Financial Planning Association urged the Financial System Inquiry to review the definition of 'financial product advice' in the Corporations Act and said that the current regime was "detrimental to innovation." In its second submission to inquiry ...

FSC Conference: Industry urged to prepare for Asia Passport pilot

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 AUG 2014
... cross-border flows and improved regulatory standards across the region. A total of six economies currently belong to the working group: Australia, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Philippines and New Zealand. The industry is awaiting publication of submissions ...

Advice register talks focus on financial advice scope

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... the proposed register of advisers focused what kind of financial advisers should be included. The advice register working group met last Thursday and will meet again before mid-August, when the consultation process will finish and stakeholders will need ...

AFA unveils main principles of code of conduct

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... approved by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The AFA is now seeking guidance from a working group and taking into account the new Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) requirements, as well as the recommendations of past Senate inquiries ...

Cormann tables adviser register to "weed out bad apples"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
... out bad apples," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said after the government announced the creation of a working group to consult with stakeholders. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said that the group will begin its consultation process "shortly" ...

FPA calls for industry summit to restore trust in advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... reasonable compensation." He said that the FPA will volunteer senior members of the organisation to serve on the working group in order to ensure proper compensation for clients. In order to restore trust and integrity in CBA's advice businesses, the ...