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Sinodinos confirms election promises will be met

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
... delegates at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)'s annual conference. Turning to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, Sinodinos acknowledged that the advisory community had taken a "shellacking" under the previous regime. "FOFA started ...

COIN updated software focuses on scaled advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2013
... optimiser, investment choice within super and insurance. The updated software also focuses on Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) compliance. "COIN 4.2 will provide advisers with the flexibility and clarity required to manage FOFA, including enhanced fee ...

Midwinter adapts planner software to client profile

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... stage." A new standard statement of advice (SOA) has been rewritten to make it compliant with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms and the best interest duty. The new SOA focuses on self-managed super funds (SMSFs), portfolio review, portfolio ...

Guardian Advice benefits from planner "flight to security"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 OCT 2013
... growth in adviser numbers as soon as the new government amends the grandfathering provision of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation. "We can see a change in the way the new government is operating and we have a feeling that it will rectify ...

75,000 SMSFs non-compliant: ATO

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 8 OCT 2013
... course you'd like everyone going faster," he admitted. Colley noted that reforms such as the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) and Super Stream are "speeding things up" and stressed the need of everyone in the financial services industry to understand ...

ISA asks for scaled, affordable advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 OCT 2013
... not the kind of advice that most Australians need or can afford." ISA said that prior to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, most members weren't getting financial advice, but retail super fund members were paying for it through commissions ...

Market Vectors set to launch four Australian equity ETFs

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 26 SEP 2013
... adopters in Australia have been using ETFs for over a decade and the products are set to become mainstream tools for investors. FoFA and MySuper are going to be catalysts for growth with investors demanding greater choice, transparency and ease of trading ...

Select AM strengthens partnership with MGD Wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 SEP 2013
... discussions with other non-aligned dealer groups who are also looking for products compliant with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation.

ASIC, "twin peaks" model faces review

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 SEP 2013
... the policy making arena." As industry participants face major regulatory changes such as the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) and Stronger Super, the number of industry participants questioning the relevance of ASIC continue to rise. ASIC's own Stakeholder ...

John Hewson calls for overhaul of superannuation system

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 17 SEP 2013
... financial planning sector and anticipates significant changes to the current incarnation of the Future of Financial Services (FoFA) legislation. "I don't think the previous government scored too many home runs with the changes it brought in, from an ...