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Super funds out-growing local real estate

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
Australian super funds are fast out-growing the domestic real estate market and the largest will soon join the likes of AustralianSuper and the Future Fund in acquiring large overseas assets directly, according to real estate investment manager TIAA ...

Grandfathering set to become next advice battlefield

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
Advice associations will make grandfathering a priority in their conversations with government and opposition to address the sudden disallowance of the government's changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. "We are quite confident ...

Original FoFA laws take immediate effect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
Financial advisers must fully comply with Labor's original Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws from today, after the Senate voted to disallow the government's amendments last night. The reversion to the original legislation took effect as soon as ...

FPA Congress begins amid FoFA unrest

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals Congress kicked off in Adelaide this morning, in the wake of the Senate's disallowance of the government's changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. "Our professional body has ...

Cormann to keep up the FoFA fight

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The government will continue with its quest to push through amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms despite last night's crushing defeat in the Senate. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann told ABC Radio this morning that the government ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The financial services industry responded with ire after the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) laws were demolished in the Senate overnight. Labor, the Greens and four crossbenchers, including Palmer United Party's Jacqui Lambie, argued the Coalition's ...

FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
A Senate alliance between Labor, the Greens and three crossbench Senators has pushed for a motion to disallow the Coalition's proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation in a move that could put the industry immediately into ...

Infra manager Hastings inks major China deal

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
Infrastructure manager Hastings has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Hong Kong-headquartered China Merchants Investment Development Company Limited (CMID) on the back of yesterday's China-Australia Free Trade Agreement. In April this ...

Increased record keeping provisions for advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
Financial advisers will need to keep additional records proving they've complied with the best interests' duty when they give personal advice to retail clients after 23 March 2015. Information to be provided will include documentation that proves the ...

The second FS Power50 list unveiled

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 17 NOV 2014
Social media is the epicentre of new ideas and innovation in financial services industry and this years' edition of the FS Power50 features the top 50 individuals in Australia leading this conversation. The second edition of the FS Power50 is a completely ...