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Vertical integration good for consumers, competition: instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 SEP 2014
... 'independent' advice is of any greater quality than advice from other business models." AMP added: "indeed advice from 'independents' has proved to be the most damaging to consumers and was the driver of the original Ripoll Inquiry." "Vertically integrated ...

No clear case for independent trustee quota: Towers Watson

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 MAY 2014
... that can be secured by trustees having an affinity with the mission of the fund. You don't necessarily get that with independents," Urwin said.

Time to be fearful?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... majority that rules. While the Big O's Democratic Party has the numbers in the Senate - 52 against the GOP's 46 (and 2 Independents) - he's short of yes men in the House of Representatives - 200 to the GOP's 232 (with 3 seats vacant). Too many chefs ...

Under new management

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... the lower house, the Senate remains in doubt. Prime Minister Abbott might have to do a deal with the Greens and the independents - which are looking likely to hold the balance of power in the upper house when the final votes are counted - to get these ...

Industry "disappointed" at PJC recommendation

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... acknowledged the wide industry concern." "We are looking to extend the exemption another 12 months and we are talking to the independents, to the Government and to the Coalition about this; at this point everybody is listening," Rantall said. "But it ...

Dissenting Coalition TASA report could impact independents

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... is a dissenting report from the Coalition." "The issue will be the impact that this dissenting report will have on independents," Anderson said. Independent MPs will have the key to wether or not the TASA bill is amended, as the Labor Party needs independent ...

FPA, AFA to lobby MPs for TASA delay

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... soon as Tuesday this week. "We are lobbying hard on this issue and we are asking our members to start lobbying the independents in their constituencies," AFA chief executive Brad Fox told Financial Standard. "The vast majority of the financial advice ...

Financial Simplicity morphs into infrastructure solutions provider

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 30 AUG 2012
... integrated across multi [technology] platforms. Institutions buying up most of the traditional platform market forces the independents - including advisers, new investment managers, brokers and other intermediaries - to innovate, and from Mahoney's observations ...

Macquarie focuses on independents with Visor

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2012
Macquarie has renamed its financial planning software for independent advisers Visor, following last week's sale of the COIN business to Rubik. The sale saw the business divided into two software offerings. While Rubik Financial will service the institutional ...

AFA hits out at ISN over deal allegations

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAR 2012
... FOFA and we have been speaking to all major stakeholders but more critically the Government, the Opposition and the Independents." The AFA has now hit out at Industry Super Network (ISN), claiming the organisation has had an "unfair influence" on the ...