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Parliament to address large financial services agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... The move will delays existing legislation which would see the SG reach 12% by 1 July 2019. The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation will also be discussed in Parliament. Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos will take a package of amendments ...

Government to amend FoFA by the end of year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013

SelectingSuper award nominees announced

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 NOV 2013
... sectors of the superannuation market." "With competition among super funds stepping up due to the introduction of MySuper and FOFA, the dramatic impact of technology and the retail sector's renewed commitment to development of the direct distribution ...

Life insurance faces worst conditions in decades

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2013
... Wallis' enquiry by the Abbott government, as well as the additional regulatory requirements of Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms and superannuation in their wealth businesses."

Advisers battle to reconnect with disengaged clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... this type of clients tend to increase when practices buy books from other advice firms, but the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation is expected to threaten advisers' relationship with their disengaged clients. "Advisers will be sending disengaged ...

FPA to hold 2014 Congress in Adelaide

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... "Financial planning has undergone significant changes, in both a regulatory and cultural sense with the implementation of FoFA and a continuing emphasis on professionalism being a focus in recent times," FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. "We understand ...

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 ...

Market Vectors lists first Aussie banking ETF

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... trajectory is likely to continue. "Several factors have changed the landscape for ETFs in the past few years: Future of Finance (FoFA) reforms banning conflicted remuneration to advisers; investor demands for lower costs, transparency and liquidity ...

ASIC has risk advice in its sights

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
... to know what is going on. According to Kell, new and social media will have an increasing impact on that. "The build-up to FoFA was long and the pace was demanding so it's time to step back and remind ourselves that we're trying to prioritise the interest ...

Read the rules, says ASIC

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2013
ASIC deputy chairman Peter Kell reassured advisers at the AFA conference that the FoFA best interest duty is not as strict as people think. He reminded them to read the regulatory guidance before jumping to conclusions. "We're just over three months ...