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Planners brace for fiduciary revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... 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 services ...

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
... 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 recomme ...

MLC appoints Gupta to board

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... 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 of majority ...

MLC FUM falls 19pc, in-force premiums rise

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 OCT 2009
... 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 and ...

Premium eyes more practices

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... 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 product ...

FPA meets with Capstone on remuneration

COMPANY RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 15 SEP 2009
... 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 changes ...

Make advice tax deductible: IFSA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 31 AUG 2009
... 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 and authorised ...

FPA and AFA call for reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... 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 to ...

CHOICE wants commissions banned

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2009
... said Freeman. As part of the campaign, CHOICE is calling on the public to file a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services. The committee launched an inquiry three months ago to review financial products and ...