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Latest Financial Standard iPad edition available now

MARK STORY  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... edition of Financial Standard we review Australia's banking sector, and feature on the impacts of MySuper on the financial advice community, as well as latest news, views and regular features. Financial Standard's latest edition of the iPadA(C) app is ...

Advisers must change mindset in face of FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
The biggest challenge for financial planners in the face of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms is to change their mindset from one of selling products to that of providing a quality service for consumers, according to MyAdivser's Philippa ...

FPA awards Australia's best financial planners

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... in helping people achieve their goals. "They are a symbol of trust and excellence for all Australians seeking financial advice from a qualified and professional financial planner acting in their best interest," said Mark Rantall, chief executive of the ...

Male clients miffed with advisers

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... financial adviser has declined over the last six months, largely driven by men, according to the latest Lifeplan ICFS Financial Advice Satisfaction Index. It is the first time since 2007 when the survey was started, that there has been a divergence in ...

Most consumers distrust advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... the changes. The study gives a worrying snap-shot of the industry in the run up to the government's Future of Financial Advice reforms becoming mandatory from July next year. AFA President Brad Fox says that the AFA's own research has highlighted that ...

David Hunt joins RI Advice

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2012
... particularly in driving business growth via the opportunities opened up for quality advisers by the future of financial advice (FoFA) reforms" said Campbell. Hunt said that he was drawn to the competitive terms that position RI practices at the forefront ...

ASIC seeks adviser feedback on FOFA code of conduct

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
Following on from ASIC's recent release on the approval of the Future of Financial Advice code of conduct consultation paper, the regulator is calling on further adviser feedback after flagging concerns around three key issues. Australia's corporate ...

Advisers failing to engage disillusioned consumers

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... led to a collapse of confidence in the value that advisers can add. "There's lots of negative press surrounding financial advice what with the GFC and the issues that FOFA has raised and, as an industry, we must get more positive news out there." She ...

Lonsec and Milliman challenge current advice model for retirees

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
Strong catalysts and structural trends have emerged that will fundamentally alter the provision of financial advice to retirees, according to Lonsec and Milliman. In a jointly released whitepaper by the two firms, dubbed 'Herding, Denial and Zeitgeist ...

Aligned or independent: Advisers must be relevant

MARK STORY  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... through better service levels, and by providing good advice that can be tailored," he says. "To be successful, financial advice businesses of the future will either need to be niche, specialised and independent or large, multi-sector and corporations. ...