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Tablets top adviser Christmas wish list: survey

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... phone or tablet this Christmas according to a Zurich survey, which concluded that the gap between technology and financial advice is closing. The online survey, conducted by Zurich Financial Services Australia, also found there was a significant take ...

Industry responds to intra fund advice measures

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... Super/Cooper and FoFA reform principles. We cannot support a framework that creates two levels of transparency for financial advice," said FSC chief executive John Brogden. Meanwhile, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has welcomed ...

AMP: Women putting advice on hold

RACHEL DAVIS  |  FRIDAY, 9 DEC 2011
... further 14.8% of planners cited low awareness of products and services as the primary barrier to women seeking financial advice. The industry is still seeing women shy away from financial advice until later on in life, leaving them open to a number of ...

Govt releases intra-fund advice rules

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 8 DEC 2011
... regulatory requirements, such as the best interests duty, thereby promoting a level playing field with other forms of financial advice. In addition, this definition provides safeguards by restricting the types of financial advice that can be provided ...

Managed accounts get FOFA boost

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 6 DEC 2011
... adverse conditions for advisers. The Institute of Managed Account Providers (IMAP) recently said the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms is making managed accounts mainstream for advisers with IAS reporting higher levels of advisers adopting the ...

PM: Labor taking reform road on super

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... hasn't happened and the distress that has caused employees," said the PM. Gillard also spoke of the need to make financial advice more accessible for people as part of the FOFA reforms. "We'll get rid of the conflicts of interest and excessive fees ...

Consolidation creating conflict between product and advice

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2011
... planning group, Premium Wealth Management, has said that while it is confident about the future of independent financial advice, it fears consolidation in anticipation of the FOFA reforms is creating a conflict of interest between product and advice. ...

Industry hits out at Best Interest

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... executive officer Richard Klippin. The AFA also maintained that the start date of July 2012 was "unworkable". "The financial advice profession has had to deal with a huge reform agenda in 2011," said Klippin. "And while the jigsaw puzzle that is FOFA ...

Macquarie Private Wealth adds to Vic advice team

RACHEL DAVIS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... be able to further strengthen our offering to investors in Victoria," Cameron said. "Clients are looking for financial advice they can trust and having someone of Mark's calibre join the team, adds real value not only to clients here in Victoria, but ...

FOFA Tranche 2 reforms tabled in Parliament today

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2011
... reinforcing the Government's speed to move these reforms through both houses. Included in the Tranche 2 Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms are the banning of conflicted remuneration payments that influence financial advice proposals and amendments ...