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Shorten unveils advisory panel

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... Services and Superannuation, has unveiled a new financial advisory panel to help with the Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms. "The Panel will play a key role in lifting the level of professional standards and promoting confidence in the ...

Advice costs 'halved' with new system

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 NOV 2010
... developed a fully-integrated client management system, Platformplus 2.0, designed to halve the cost of providing financial advice. The system provides end-to-end process, integrating file notes to convert to advice documents, while incorporating financial ...

Aviva offers direct SMAs, model portfolios

MEDIA RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 23 NOV 2010
... portfolios at a reasonable cost will enable advisers to continue to be able to provide affordable full service financial advice to their clients," he said.

Investors lose $7m in Qld scam

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 NOV 2010
A group of Queensland-based investors learnt the hard way why they should avoid unlicensed financial advice providers after ASIC catches another $7 million scam. She was sentenced to six months imprisonment but entered into a recognisance in the sum ...

Fees on SG super should be cost-recovery: IPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 NOV 2010
... growing trend to fund-investor alignment of interests and relegate the bickering over MySuper and the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms to the sidelines. In a veiled reference to super funds' chronic under-performance and arguments that low income ...

CareSuper and ME take it to the streets

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 15 NOV 2010
CareSuper talks to members in a local shopping mall in a bid to generate interest in super and financial advice. CareSuper has stepped up member services with an outreach approach alongside Members Equity (ME) bank, setting up in a ME branch to provide ...

Forget brand and choices, members want performance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 11 NOV 2010
... efficiency in the superannuation sector, the survey is a massive wake-up call. Jo-Anne Bloch, Mercer partner and financial advice leader who is the former chief executive of the Financial Planning Association, said, "These findings highlight the potential ...

Commonwealth Fin Plng compensates investors

ASIC RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... July last year potentially breached various sections of the Corporations Act 2001 by providing inappropriate financial advice to a large number of clients. CFP has agreed to identify those affected and assess liability and appropriate compensation. It ...

Platforms control market, not advisers

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 NOV 2010
... six largest planning groups control less than half of their market, suggesting where the power to influence the financial advice industry really lies, research shows. "In an environment where competition scrutiny is increasing, this highlights why the ...

Legalsuper unveils personal advice offering

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 29 OCT 2010
... will be available to members at no extra cost. He noted there has been a trend for industry funds to invest in financial advice resources for members, following last year's decision by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to allow super ...