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ASIC submits broad performance review to Senate inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... practices. ASIC also refers to its work with whistle-blowers and it explains its response to market problems in the financial advice industry. The submission explores options for overcoming regulatory barriers and gaps in relation to financial advice ...

Pro bono advice for bushfire victims

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... said it will be promoted the FPA Pro Bono Service and "encouraging people affected by the disasters who want financial advice to call the FPA to be referred to an FPA member who has registered to provide pro bono advice." "It's important to the FPA and ...

Advice main concern in FOS investment disputes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 OCT 2013
Financial advice keeps being the main concern for consumers who lodge investment-related claims to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). The FOS 2012-13 annual review found an 11% reduction of all disputes. In total, the FOS received 32,307 disputes ...

Kinetic Super to use IFS advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
Kinetic Super has become the latest super fund to engage the services of financial advice provider Industry Fund Services (IFS). The deal is testament to an increasing demand for financial advice from industry fund members, resulting from growing balances. ...

Cbus, FPA explain their referral deal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... requirement for advice will inevitably grow noting a recently released study revealed 70% of post retirees seek financial advice. While the Cbus-FPA referral model is expected to be a cost effective way to meet this need but not all advisers agree. Joe ...

Shorten gives Ripoll shadow superannuation portfolio

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... Services, a committee that reviewed the Storm Financial scandal and whose recommendations lead to the Future of Financial Advice reforms.

FPA confronts advisers with their worst nightmare

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... would be raising my voice against any incompetent adviser, I would be making noise," Bobbin said. "The Future of Financial Advice regulation is well-intentioned, but it's another checklist and you can do all the checklists that you want and still be ...

Advisers need to overcome financial planning stigma

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... Maye said yesterday that "people trust their financial adviser, but they don't trust that amorphous thing called financial advice." Maye said at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Conference that advisers need to overcome this stigma and regain ...

TPD insurance prices up 10%

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
... superannuation funds' insurance products and services, showing coverage levels, insurance services provided and the financial advice services provided in relation to risk insurance.

Grandfathering pushes self-licensing

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 OCT 2013
Uncertainty around the grandfathering provision of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulations has made a self-license more appealing for advisers looking to leave their dealer group. "Lots of licensees have restrictions in place that might not ...