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Retail funds also guilty of 'Compare the Pair' vagueness

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... Advisers chief executive Brad Fox said the ASIC ruling demonstrated that ISA could not be trusted in its position on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. "This from the very group that has been so vocal about the FoFA amendments and the need ...

Capacity issues drive super funds in-house

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 23 JUN 2014
... in thatA part of the market." Despite super funds' increasing internal capabilities, Carew was optimistic about the future of asset consultants. "It's fair to say that even funds that have very large internal teams and increasingly have investment specialists ...

Ripoll labels Cormann's FoFA changes "a stunt"

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... after Cormann released a response to the Senate Economics Committee report on the government's proposed changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law. Ripoll, who conducted the inquiry into the financial advice law that later resulted into FoFA ...

Advisers applaud "historic" ban on commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... (FSC) have applauded the "historic" ban on commissions in general advice and welcomed the government's changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law. "We are extraordinarily pleased, we have fought very hard to ensure that trailing commissions ...

Government to pass most FoFA changes through regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
The government is intending to approve most changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law through regulation first, despite Labor and the Greens strong opposition to the amendments. Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann issued a response to the ...

Prepare for the 'financial Amazon': Joye

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
Online financial supermarkets akin to Amazon are the future of financial services distribution, according to YBR Funds Management's Christopher Joye. Speaking at the Financial Standard MAX forum in Sydney yesterday, Joye said there was a surprisingly ...

SPAA voices concern over conflicted remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... Australia (SPAA) expressed concern at the Senate Economics Committee decision to back the government's amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law on conflicted remuneration. The organisation also said it "strongly supports the catch-all ...

Industry marketing leaders receive top MAX Awards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUN 2014
... (Consumer Division) Vanguard Smart Investing Best Marketing Communications of the Year (Trade Division) CFA Institute Future of Finance Best Advertising Campaign of the Year (Consumer Division) Challenger Retirement on paper Best Advertising Campaign ...

Cormann ready to issue views on Senate FoFA report

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
Minister of Finance Mathias Cormann is ready to issue a response to the Senate Economics Committee report on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform. A spokesperson for the Minister confirmed to Financial Standard that "the government will announce ...

AMP axes regional head of advice roles

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 JUN 2014
... his former role, Reeh had franchise oversight of more than 500 AMP financial planners and led the region through the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reform changes. Reeh had also been AMP head of financial planning for Western Australia, South Australia ...