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TPB open for TASA registration from today

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
Financial planners who provide tax financial advice can register from today with the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to comply with the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 (TASA). The TPB has sent all Australian financial services licensees (AFSL) instructions ...

FoFA future uncertain as Palmer threatens to join opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 30 JUN 2014
The government's efforts to give financial advisers more certainty by passing some of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms through regulations could be in vain as Clive Palmer suggested his party, Palmer United, does not support the measures. ...

Inquiry has Macquarie Private Wealth in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 27 JUN 2014
... Committee's 61 recommendations. The report has recommended that "ASIC undertakes intensive surveillance of other financial advice businesses that have recently been a source of concern, such as Macquarie Private Wealth, to ensure that ASIC's previous ...

Senate report, a turning point for advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... "Australia's complex financial system demands robust legislation, a strong and effective regulator and personal financial advice outcomes that benefit, and are trusted by, all consumers." The FPA chief executive Mark Rantall was satisfied at the fact ...

Retail funds also guilty of 'Compare the Pair' vagueness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... the samples." The ASIC request for ISA to modify its ads has been treated as a victory by the retail super and financial advice industries. Financial Services Council director of policy Andrew Bragg said: "Unless the advertisement compares like with ...

Investors should take responsibility for themselves: Medcraft

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... your own is particularly important," he added. He said that, despite budget cuts, ASIC will continue focusing on financial advice and on other areas identified as "high risk." Medcraft referred to the conclusions of the Senate inquiry into the regulator ...

MDA provider makes debut on ASX

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2014
... share. The company was established in 2004 and creates, operates and administers managed account solutions for financial advice firms in Australia, Australian financial services licensees (AFSL) and fund managers. The company was previously known as ...

Ripoll labels Cormann's FoFA changes "a stunt"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... "Commissions have already been banned. By Labor," Ripoll said on Twitter. "Liberals say they will ban commissions in financial advice. What a stunt. Commissions have already been banned," Ripoll tweeted shortly after Cormann released a response to the ...

Advisers applaud "historic" ban on commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
Financial advice associations and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have applauded the "historic" ban on commissions in general advice and welcomed the government's changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law. "We are extraordinarily pleased ...

Government to pass most FoFA changes through regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
The government is intending to approve most changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law through regulation first, despite Labor and the Greens strong opposition to the amendments. Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann issued a response to the ...