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Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... future is a change in the external financial services environment." The Senator stressed that new regulations such as the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms indicate that "there is a will within the industry to make things change." Financial Planning ...

What is the future of transition management?

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... the transition management space - following the departure of Credit Suisse, BNY Mellon and Convergex - has brought the future of this under-the-radar industry into question. The departure of these four players over the last two years has left seven remaining ...

Synchron recruits admin staff to cope with adviser demand

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... group decided to put applications on hold and was waiting for more certainty on the grandfathering provisions of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. The initial provisions prevented advisers from keeping their grandfathered commissions when ...

Advisers under threat from robot replacements

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... technology. "The trend is clear: computers increasingly challenge human labour in a wide range of cognitive tasks," the "Future of employment" paper stated. Researchers note that up until now, robots had been able to replace humans only on manual tasks. ...

PROFILE: Bernie Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
As the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) debate rages on, Shadow Financial Services and Superannuation Minister Bernie Ripoll looks back at its inception. Laura Millan A reports. At the beginning, the future of financial advice was in the hands of Bernie ...

National Seniors asks Inquiry to deliver "top quality" advice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 8 APR 2014
... its submission, the over-50s consumer lobby urges the Inquiry to consider the government's proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice A (FoFA)reforms. Specifically it asks the panel to determine whether conflicted remuneration and percentage ...

AFA focuses FSI submission on FoFA "misinformation campaign"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2014
... landscape for financial advice. The association began its submission expressing "dismay and alarm" over the debate about Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) amendments and the way that this played out in the media. The AFA complained that the industry ...

FPA calls for clear separation of general and personal advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... the client." The FPA suggestion was made after increasing industry and consumer concern over the fact that the amended Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation could allow a return of commissions in general advice. "Framing 'general advice' as advice ...

Government will go ahead with FoFA changes: Ciobo

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
The government has reaffirmed its commitment to follow through with its amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, despite putting the changes on hold last week. Speaking at an event hosted by the Financial Services Council, Parliamentary ...

Incoming NAB CEO to look at "legacy issues"

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2014
... a passionate advocate for it (the bank)." At the same conference Thorburn commented on the bank's commitment to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, saying that he was not in favour of any type of commissions. "I think we did have a leadership ...