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Original FoFA laws take immediate effect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Financial advisers must fully comply with Labor's original Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws from today, after the Senate voted to disallow the government's amendments last night. The reversion to the original legislation took effect as soon as ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The financial services industry responded with ire after the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws were demolished in the Senate overnight. Labor, the Greens and four crossbenchers, including Palmer United Party's Jacqui Lambie, argued the Coalition's ...

Sunsuper taps FPA adviser network

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
Sunsuper and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have partnered to form a national advice referral program which connects the fund's members with FPA practices across the country. The partnership sees the fund develop direct relationships ...

Lonsec acquires van Eyk's iRate business

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 NOV 2014
Lonsec Research has acquired iRate's technology and client base from the van Eyk group of companies, currently in liquidation. The acquisition confirms Lonsec's strategy to fast track their technology offering to the financial planning and fund manager ...

APRA releases group insurance best practice guide

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 30 OCT 2014
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) has released the final prudential practice guidelines providing guidance on good practices for insurers in relation to group insurance arrangements. The 12-page document, known as LPG 270, gives ...

Lonsec confirms interest in van Eyk's iRate

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Lonsec Fiscal is "extremely interested" in acquiring van Eyk Research's core research and portfolio construction solution, iRate. "Lonsec Fiscal is extremely interested in acquiring the iRate technology and its clients," a Lonsec spokesperson told Financial ...

Van Eyk starts due diligence with potential buyer

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 20 OCT 2014
Van Eyk administrator Moore Stephens has entered into an exclusivity arrangement with a potential buyer of the van Eyk Australian business which is now conducting due diligence. Moore Stephens will nevertheless recommend moving the research business ...

AFA to lobby for MySuper opt in arrangement

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 17 OCT 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is concerned that mandatory transfer to default MySuper products could lead to consumers losing their existing insurance arrangements and asked for an opt-in arrangement to MySuper. AFA chief executive Brad ...

ISA proposes new restrictions on retail super

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 16 OCT 2014
Retail funds should be banned from providing default super to employers who bank with them, according to Industry Super Australia (ISA) chief executive David Whiteley. He also argued they should also be banned from paying shareholder dividends until ...

Perpetual reveals details of first LIC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
Perpetual Investments has unveiled the details of its first listed investment company, Perpetual Equity Investment Company Limited. Trading under the ASX code PIC, the company is designed to deliver regular income and long-term capital growth through ...