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Regulation remains unclear a month out from FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation still has some loose ends less than a month ahead of its start, on July 1, 2013. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of Policy and Conduct Dante De Gori said that the organisation ...

Greens hold the key to TASA in Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
The House of Representatives will vote today on the incorporation of financial planners into the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) and if the bill is approved, the key to the final voting in the Senate could be in the hands of the Greens. The Financial ...

Trans-Tasman super rollovers exclude SMSFs

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
The government's finalised regulations have allowed superannuation rollovers between Australia and New Zealand but exclude self-managed super funds (SMSFs). From 1 July 2013 it will be possible to transfer retirement savings account proceeds between ...

TASA now likely to include advisers by July 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
The Tax Agents Services Act (TASA) has been tabled to introduce a "financial adviser services" category for advisers and the measure is likely to start on July 1, 2013. The House of Representatives tabled the legislation this week and the bill is expected ...

Paragem FUA reaches $1.9bn after new mergers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
Paragem Australian Financial Services Licence (AFSL)'s funds under advice (FUA) has reached $1.9 billion after three practices joined the group between May and June 2013. The practices are all fee-based and look after more than $280 million FUA, which ...

MoneySmart list of unlicensed companies approaches 700

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
The number of unlicensed companies listed on the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)'s online financial literacy website, MoneySmart, has grown to 696. China Environment Group Limited (CEG), based in the British Virgin Islands, has ...

Planner numbers drop on FoFA changes

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
Overall numbers of financial planners have dropped by 2% from a 2012 high point of 18,545 in 2012 according to recent Rainmaker research. According to the research there are currently 18,096 planners in Australia, with a loss of 450 from 2012. "On the ...

Enshrinement of "financial planner" closer to becoming law

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 16 MAY 2013
The terms "financial planner" and "financial adviser" took a step closer to being enshrined in law after a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) was asked to provide a report on the issue. With the Coalition confirming they would not oppose the bill ...

Budget gets nod of approval from industry bodies

JAMES FERNYHOUGH, MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 MAY 2013
Superannuation industry bodies have responded positively to last night's federal budget, generally agreeing that there were no major surprises. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos praised the government ...

New FPA member base shows changing face of industry

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 MAY 2013
An influx of Generation Y highlights the transformation of the public face of the financial planning industry, according to the Financial Planning Association (FPA). Figures released by the industry body shows that of more than 1,000 new members who ...