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Prepare for the 'financial Amazon': Joye

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... McDonald's despite Australia's relatively small population. Joye also touched on the amendments to the Future of Financial Advice reforms, saying that "one real wrinkle" in the reforms is use of balanced scorecards. He said these essentially allow advisers ...

SPAA voices concern over conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... expressed concern at the Senate Economics Committee decision to back the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law on conflicted remuneration. The organisation also said it "strongly supports the catch-all provisions of the ...

Cormann ready to issue views on Senate FoFA report

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... Finance Mathias Cormann is ready to issue a response to the Senate Economics Committee report on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform. A spokesperson for the Minister confirmed to Financial Standard that "the government will announce its approach ...

AMP axes regional head of advice roles

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... Reeh had franchise oversight of more than 500 AMP financial planners and led the region through the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform changes. Reeh had also been AMP head of financial planning for Western Australia, South Australia and the Northen ...

Xenophon rejects Senate FoFA report

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... Senator Nick Xenophon has confirmed that does not support the Senate Economics Committee report on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform. Xenophon said via his Twitter account that he does not support "the government's FoFA repeal legislation ...

FoFA changes designed to protect big players: opposition

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
Labor, the Greens and Industry Super Australia (ISA) strongly opposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation on the grounds that changes "seem designed to protect the profits of larger financial services companies." Both Labor ...

Senate report supportive of government FoFA reforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... The Senate Economics Committee has shown broad support of the Coalition's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law, although it suggested some changes. The Committee made public the conclusions of the Senate inquiry into the FoFA ...

Senate FoFA conclusions expected today

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
The Senate Economics Committee is expected to release its conclusions on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) inquiry later today. The report will allow the government to form a final opinion on the amendments to the FoFA legislation, which have been ...

AFA launches 2014 mentoring program

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... the AFA and was created six years ago to support the AFA GenXt initiative in developing the next generation of financial advice professionals. This year aspirants and mentors will be exposed to content from the AFA's masters-level Fellow Chartered Financial ...

Equipsuper removes CFO role, adds key staff

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 JUN 2014
... billion fund has also confirmed that it will open a new Sydney office to address member demand for education and financial advice. Equipsuper has appointed financial adviser Kristine Spiteri to the role, effective June 16. Spiteri has been a financial ...