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PJC: Government needs to re-think payday reforms

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 5 DEC 2011
... concerns that proposed caps would affect the viability of short-term lending. The PJC inquiry, chaired by Labor MP Bernie Ripoll, has recommended the government review the proposals, describing the proposed caps on payday lending fees and charges as ...

Ripoll defends FOFA integrity

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... of reaching more clients if advisers are forced to pass on new costs to clients, driving up the cost of advice. Bernie Ripoll, MP and chair of the Ripoll enquiry responded that FOFA is not about costs, it is about changing the culture and behaviour of ...

FOFA reforms are a soft landing

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
Bernie Ripoll MP told AFA conference delegates that the future of financial advice reforms represent a balance between the interests of major stakeholders and the middle ground. Ripoll said the inquiry that bears his name received over 400 submissions ...

Industry panel turns up FOFA heat

RACHEL DAVIS  |  MONDAY, 24 OCT 2011
... separation of superannuation from the rest of the wealth management industry and disclosure among industry funds. Bernie Ripoll MP kicked off the discussion by reiterating his belief that the future of financial advice reforms (FOFA) are true to the ...

CHOICE, ISN hit back at associations aspersions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... 'consumer advocates' reveal the true motives behind driving these reforms which, we again highlight, were not included in the Ripoll recommendations." However, Mack since told Financial Standard that she has found the response from the associations shocking. ...

Industry looks to draw line under reforms

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... discretionary contributions to super funds in the year to June 30 2010, was $630 million lower than in 2009. The end result of the Ripoll enquiry, which began in February 2008 and the Cooper Review of April 2009 remain unknown. "The uncertainty is affecting ...

Government bowing to pressure on super risk commissions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... to the proposition around individually advised risk products in super." Shorten said that government backbenchers Bernie Ripoll and Deb O'Neill had been very influential in the change of thinking. "The Financial Planners Association have been putting ...

AustralianSuper new player in advice industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 APR 2011
... groups to create a complete advice and super service for clients. The fund said that in light of the Cooper Review, the Ripoll Report and new the FOFA reforms, a partnership between the industry super fund and planning groups makes practical sense. AustralianSuper ...

FPA calls for naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... it had flagged the issue early on, asking for the term "financial adviser" to be legally defined in a submission to the Ripoll inquiry, and had argued it with Treasury and Government ever since. "From a consumer point of view it's around trust in what ...

Opposition slams opt-in policy

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 28 FEB 2011
... profession employs an obligatory opt-in policy and called for the 'best interest' approach to take precedence. Oxley MP Bernie Ripoll argued that opt-in, be it every 12 months or every 36 months, would play an important part in increasing engagement ...