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Accountants scope FOFA for opportunities

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... Joint Accounting Bodies are scoping for new potential opportunities for accountants to provide 'non-product' financial advice to clients in light of the FOFA reforms. CPA Australia, Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and National Institute ...

AustralianSuper new player in advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
In news that has shaken the financial advice and super industries, AustralianSuper will partner with six financial planning groups to create a complete advice and super service for clients. The fund said that in light of the Cooper Review, the Ripoll ...

Super funds praise reforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... responded to the Government's financial reforms today with praise for the expansion of scaled advice. The Future of Financial Advice reforms have expanded the limited form of financial advice to a range of providers including superannuation trustees ...

Dealer groups miss commissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
Dealer groups today welcomed the future of financial advice reforms - but unanimously disapproved of the banning of life insurance commissions within superannuation funds. MLC & NAB Wealth, AMP and AXA, and BT Financial Group said they were happy the ...

Opposition attacks opt-in concession

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... Shorten made a concession by requiring clients to renew their advice agreements every two years under the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms rather than every year as originally proposed. Advisers will be required to send a renewal notice at least ...

New super products and mergers may result - insurers

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... financial planners alike have responded with mixed reactions to today's announcement regarding the Future of Financial Advice reforms which banned all commissions on risk insurance for both individual and group risk inside superannuation and placed a ...

Less conflict, more interest: FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... 'conflicted remuneration', can only improve the planning industry's public image and encourage more Australians to get financial advice. The next couple of years will be critical to the financial planning sector if the proposals announced today become ...

FOFA leaves consumers in the cold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... believes that the execution of FOFA reforms will promote more confusion, and higher costs for consumers, making financial advice less accessible. "When you analyse the thrust of reforms and issues that FOFA is trying to address, our view is that the ...

AXA name adviser of the year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
AXA Financial Advice Network has awarded Paul Aspros of PSK Financial Services, the national annual adviser Gerald Lippman Perpetual Trophy. Aspros, practice principle of Sydney based PSK Financial Services and licensed by Charter Financial Planning ...

Clients want commissions - AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 APR 2011
... 56 per cent of respondents who have used a corporate super adviser would not be likely to pay upfront fees for financial advice if it was not part of their corporate super fund offer. Some 61 per cent of respondents said they were 'greatly concerned' ...