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AIOFP launches fresh campaign, criticises FPA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 21 APR 2020
... in return for support. Writing to members, Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals director Peter Johnston said advisers have an opportunity to force change, leveraging similar techniques employed by the mortgage broking sector post-Royal ...

COVID-19 sparks renewed fight for commissions

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 6 APR 2020
... commissions would be turned off on managed investment funds and FirstChoice Employer Super. AIOFP executive director Peter Johnston told Financial Standard : "We find it bizarre that advisers and consumers must plead with both the regulator and the treasurer ...

Positives from the pandemic for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... pandemic may be producing some positives for financial advisers. In a letter to AIOFP members, executive director Peter Johnston wrote that despite all the doom and gloom around the coronavirus and market correction, advisers have reason to look on the ...

Investment specialist joins sustainable fund manager

ALLY SELBY  |  TUESDAY, 24 MAR 2020
... O'Dea will also oversee the firm's external communications and investor engagement. Lighthouse managing director Peter Johnston said the appointment demonstrates the firm's dedication to developing innovative and sustainable investment opportunities ...

Last stand for grandfathered commissions falls over

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2020
... case to the High Court. In a letter to those who donated, seen by Financial Standard, AIOFP executive director Peter Johnston said the numbers of those supporting the fund for the High Court challenge had been lower than expected. The letter revealed ...

Grandfathering phase out tussle continues

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 22 NOV 2019
... mid-year implementation, but a date hasn't been confirmed yet," the spokesperson said. AIOFP executive director Peter Johnston is of the opinion that product providers are responding to pressure from the regulator to wind up grandfathered commission ...

ASIC using intimidation tactics on grandfathering: AIOFP

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP). Speaking to Financial Standard, AIOFP executive director Peter Johnston claimed the corporate regulator is using its intervention powers to convince product providers to turn off commissions before ...

Grandfathered commissions ban unconstitutional: Association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 4 MAR 2019
... if successful. If the association is unsuccessful, the cost will rise to $1.5 million. AIOFP executive director Peter Johnston told members: "As you no doubt know, grandfathered revenue has become a political football in recent times. Due to the confusion ...

More risk advisers offloading practices

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 AUG 2018
... these trail books," he said. The Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals executive director Peter Johnston is urging advisers who have decided to leave the industry over LIF, grandfathered revenue and/or FASEA to rethink their strategy. ...

AIOFP slams FASEA proposals, launches petition

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2018
... appointed Deloitte as receivers over Linchpin assets and responsibility entity of the fund. AIOFP executive director Peter Johnston said: "Unfortunately this issue has blemished Peter's exemplary role of AIOFP chair over the past eight years, we ...