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Bernie Ripoll to retire from federal politics

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2015
Labor MP and architect of the first Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms Bernie Ripoll will not contest the next federal election. Ripoll announced the decision on his Facebook page and said that he will finish his term as an MP and will continue ...

CFA appoints Australia head of advocacy

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAR 2015
... president Anthony Serhan said. "The appointment is particularly relevant in the context of the recent Financial Services Inquiry, FOFA and other changes to superannuation in Australia post the GFC," he added. "We are committed to working with the government ...

FEATURE: How ETFs are changing adviser asset allocation thinking

LAURA MILLAN, ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 16 MAR 2015
... educated an investor is about ETFs, the more confident they are using them. "And finally, the regulatory reform in Australia - FoFA, basically - has driven a lot of new interest in ETFs amongst financial advisers, because they have that liquidity but ...

Advice M&A activity set to soar in 2015

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2015
... businesses. Prendeville noted that two years of regulatory uncertainty around the final outcome of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation had led the market into an "artificial freeze." During 2014, "supply or absence of sellers was at unprecedented ...

Employers must do more to promote ethical culture

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... trust, according to CFA Institute. CFA Society president Anthony Serhan said while reforms such as Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) have improved transparency, policy makers were only one part of the process and employers and regulators must do their ...

US fiduciary reforms will rock pension funds

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2015
... (IRA) providers. In comments that mirror the reaction in Australia to the introduction of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, SIFMA added: "This proposal would have forced investors from commission-based accounts to higher cost fee-based advisory ...

XPLAN is top-rated financial planning software

ALEX GAMBOTTO-BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAR 2015
... highest-rated planning applications were Rubik Coin and AdviserNETgain. The report also notes that an increased focus on FoFA compliance has resulted in licensees making better use of the compliance functionality in their planning software. "The use ...

Futuro ends AMP buyout deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2015
... provide the high levels of support for our advisers that will enable them to grow their businesses and thrive in this post FoFA environment," he explained. He says that the firm's plans are to continue focusing on strong growth at a national level, but ...

Embrace client interests or wither on the vine, advisers told

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2015
... the SMSF Association National Conference in Melbourne. "This won't be popular with everyone in the room but we supported FoFA and we supported getting rid of life insurance commissions," he said. "Attacks on our stance on life insurance commissions have ...

Corporate super adviser body beefs up to face challenges

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2015
... president for six years as a volunteer. Corporate super advisers are affected by the MySuper and the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislations. The FoFA ban on conflicted remuneration means that they can no longer receive revenue from super funds ...