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Is 'unbundling' the future of broking?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 20 JAN 2014
The unbundling of research and execution services would result in a more efficient and transparent broking industry, according to BestEx director Phillip Weinberg. BestEx was founded in 2012, and was the first firm in Australia to offer execution-only ...

FPA condemns FoFA fear mongers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has urged planners to "rise above the noise of tired, product-centric arguments" in the early days of the watered-down Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. On 20 December 2013 Assistant Treasurer ...

Government releases FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013
Assistant Treasurer Arthur Sinodinos has made public the reforms to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation, which include the removal of the opt-in requirement and the streamlining of fee disclosure statements. The amendments are in line ...

Future Fund defiant in face of airport legal proceedings

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013

FSC asks Son of Wallis Inquiry to focus on export growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is looking at the Financial System Inquiry as an opportunity to find ways for Australia's financial services to maximise exports and ensure growth. In a submission to the terms of reference of the so-called Son of ...

Advisers "hopeful" to hear FoFA changes before 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
The financial advice sector is hopeful that the government will make public the proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation before the end of the year. "It is a question of timing, but we are hopeful this can be solved before ...

Risk adviser sentiment up in 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
Risk advisers are feeling more positive than in the last two years about the viability of their practice after sales volumes went up in 2013, according to the latest Zurich Risk Adviser Sentiment Index. Advisers are now feeling considerably more optimistic ...

One-stop-shop firms surge to gain scale against big instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
The number of partnerships and mergers between financial planning and accountancy firms is increasing as independent businesses brace to gain scale against the big institutionally-aligned groups. Industry concentration in the past years has strengthened ...

Hedge fund growth plans hampered by lack of demand

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 DEC 2013
Two thirds of hedge fund managers have made growing their businesses a top strategic priority but a lack of demand from investors could be a major roadblock, according to a recent global EY survey. "In the current environment, fund managers are investing ...

Praemium strikes deal with RBS

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 10 DEC 2013
Praemium International Limited, a subsidiary of Australian company Praemium, has cut a deal with the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to provide platform services to RBS International's ex-pat clientele based in the tax haven of Jersey. Under the deal ...