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Planners brace for fiduciary revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... ASIC significantly step up its shadow shopping and adviser policing activities. Bernie Ripoll, chair of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, handed down his Committee's 246 page report into financial products and ...

PJC points finger at Storm model

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) has found the lack of information that banks could provide on margin loan accounts "deeply troubling" but also found Storm Financial's investment model significantly contributed to the problem. The PJC said while ...

Perceived conflicts lethal to planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... of acts by corrupt politicians has led to a different perception." His statements come only days before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services issues its report regarding the recent high-profile collapses and make their ...

Coalition against commissions

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 NOV 2009
... Superannuation Trustees (AIST). In a full page open letter in a daily newspaper addressed to members of the Parliamentary Joint Commission on Corporations and Financial Services, the industry bodies wrote that the committee has a historic opportunity ...

MLC appoints Gupta to board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... AMP Capital Investors, Murdoch Books and Quintessence Labs. His appointment follows MLC's submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry into Financial Services and Products, which said licensee boards of affiliated businesses should comprise ...

MLC FUM falls 19pc, in-force premiums rise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... focus on taking a lead in building trust in the financial planning industry by making a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry into Financial Services and Products. In addition, the business also announced that Garvan/MLC Financial Planning ...

Premium eyes more practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... he said. This follows a submission from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services that found 85 per cent of Australian financial advisers are associated with ...

FPA meets with Capstone on remuneration

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... the network's planners with further information on the proposed changes and also the FPA's submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee. "We want our advisers to be on the front foot in managing change. Practices that are slow to adapt to necessary ...

Make advice tax deductible: IFSA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... estimates the total amount of advice fees collected represents $2 billion a year. In its submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Brogden said IFSA supports raising regulatory standards to ensure licensees ...

FPA and AFA call for reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... for advisers to be members of a professional body. While the FPA and AFA made separate submissions to the Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry, both associations noted some common recommendations. Aside from a push for financial planners and advisers ...