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Labor reforms to increase welfare dependency

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 17 JAN 2019
... implements this policy," Ralston said. She added the proposal is especially harsh as there is no allowance for grandfathering so as to enable investors to amend their strategies over time. Ralston said many will be unaware of the proposed reform's impact ...

Banks vow to end grandfathered commissions

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... no service across the industry. "In addition to these changes the industry is supporting legislation to remove grandfathering provisions in relation to financial advice," Bligh said delivering ABA's response to Commissioner Kenneth Hayne's interim report. ...

Royal Commission interim report flawed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2018
... conflict," Wilson said. He added that it seems likely that the final report will include recommendations to abolish grandfathering of conflicted remuneration arrangements as they relate to superannuation and investment products. "What action they recommend ...

Super funds call for grandfathering ban

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 SEP 2018
Superannuation funds are rallying to see an end to grandfathered commissions and for the regulator to impose stronger sanctions on those that fail to act in the best interests of members. In its submission to the financial services Royal Commission ...

AFA rejects criticism over grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2018
... grandfathered commissions concerning arrangements in place prior to 1 July 2013 would have a short natural life, and that grandfathering would give firms and the industry the opportunity to adjust their business models. Grandfathered payments have, however ...

BTFG will pay back grandfathered commissions to customers

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUL 2018
... commissions if it believed so strongly in it, Wright threw back to FoFA five years ago. "There were two components to grandfathering and I think the industry forgot one of them, which was allowing the opt-in of ongoing advice relationships, pre-FoFA ...

BT Financial Advice cuts grandfathered commissions

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... for the continuation of payments agreed to prior to 1 July 2013. "It was generally understood at the time that grandfathering of those arrangements was necessary, at least in part, because legislators could not extinguish existing contractual rights ...

AFA criticises draft FASEA standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... might be a "dangerous complication" to imply the new requirements reflect the spirit of the law and relying on grandfathering arrangements may breach the proposed standard. With respect to Standard 2, which states advisers must not advise, refer nor ...

RECAP: Advice in the Royal Commission spotlight (Day 4 and 5)

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... Planning. Dover currently employs the adviser. Wright thinks insurance should still be excluded from potential grandfathering rule changes. sufficiently covers this area, he said. Earlier in the morning, the government beefed up ASIC's powers imposing ...

RC questions adviser sales tactics

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 20 APR 2018
... clients' portfolios. Wright conceded that he and senior management haven't done enough in this area. But in terms of grandfathering commission arrangements put in place pre-July 2013, there's an opportunity to take this debate to "another level," he ...