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ISN welcomes financial planner fee guidance

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
Industry Super Network has welcomed fee disclosure guidance released last week by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission. Industry Super Network chief David Whiteley said that transparency around financial planner remuneration under the ...

FPA grief over new fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The Financial Planning Association has said it is "concerned" with a part of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission's final guidance on fee disclosure. Today the corporate watchdog handed down guidelines that tell Australian financial services ...

Falling interest rates undermine seniors' confidence

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The end of 2012 saw Australia's confidence about the future of the economy fall to near record lows, according to research by Allianz. The Allianz Future Optimism Index showed that sentiment fell most sharply in South Australia where it recorded the ...

Fin planners more upbeat over reforms: Zurich

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
Financial advisers have become more upbeat about regulatory changes such as the Future of Financial Advice reforms, said insurer Zurich after conducting a survey. Zurich today said the latest measurement of its Risk Adviser Sentiment Index has shown ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 24 JAN 2013
The Australian market looks set to open higher after a positive showing on Wall Street but mixed results in European stocks after British Prime Minister announced a referendum on the country's future within the European Union (EU). At 0630 AEDT on Thursday ...

Advisers must ask clients about SRI investing: Australian Ethical

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JAN 2013
If the government is serious about wanting to make a positive difference on issues such as the environment, sustainability and ethical corporate governance then it must obligate financial planners to ask their clients about socially responsible investing ...

VicSuper starts daily unit pricing

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
VicSuper has said its investments returns are more transparent, after the industry superannuation fund moved to daily unit pricing from 1 January this year. Daily unit pricing is widely accepted as a more transparent method of calculating and applying ...

A-REITs come out on top in 2012

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
Australian real estate investment trusts (A-REITs) have bounced back from losses suffered in recent years, particularly in the aftermath of the financial crisis, returning 32.8% in 2012, according to data from Russell Investments. The sector outperformed ...

FoFA readiness is all about client engagement: MLC

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 18 JAN 2013
Restructuring back office systems for the Future of Financial Advice Reforms is easy compared with preparing advisers for the different discussions they will have with clients, says MLC's Richard Nunn. Having targeted transparency and improving client ...

Advisers at risk over asset-based fees

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 10 JAN 2013
Advisers might need to change the way that they charge asset-based fees, which can create conflicts of interest, said finance consulting group The Fold. While the Federal Government's Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms have done a clean-sweep ...