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Advisers fear super fund competition

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... advice are paying for advice they don't receive." Fox said that was what advisers had been criticised for and was behind the FOFA opt-in provisions. "Some advisers are saying what's the difference?" he said. "If we are subject to opt-in, shouldn't every ...

Rising star wins chair position

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... bridges across the profession," he said. Riegelhuth said she was delighted to have been chosen. "It's no secret that with FOFA reforms about to move from theory into practice, we have some challenging times ahead," she said. "I look forward to helping ...

Planners needle minister over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... gathering yesterday. Minister Shorten told the Financial Planning Association (FPA) event that the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms would encourage more people to seek professional advice. "The core of our challenge is to build trust and remove ...

Planners struggle to sell practices as values fall

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2011
... 2011. Interest had been recovering from the global financial crisis, but uncertainty over the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms was causing both sellers and buyers to sit on the sidelines, said John Birt, principal of Radar Results. "There are ...

FOFA opens estate planning doors

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 7 APR 2011
More advisers want to move into estate planning and aged care as fee-for-service reforms opens new business opportunities, according to OnePath. Adviser concerns and industry questions have been particularly focused on estate planning and aged care ...

AFA prep advisers for FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has prepared a handy member's guide to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, complete with details on AFA's stance on the proposed changes. The FOFA reforms will be tabled in parliament by spring ...

Asgard upgrades insurance for FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2011
... portfolios and Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to its platform. "What we are seeing in response to Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms are advisers diversifying their own revenue streams by looking at new sources of revenue, such as insurance," said ...

Keep advice a simple business: BTFG

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 24 MAR 2011
Trust and understanding the simplicity of the advice business is the key to surviving FOFA, according to Mark Spiers, general manager of advice, BT Financial Group. Adviser are anxious around the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) but Spiers said despite ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... the financial planning industry had seen three years of significant change. "It's time to get on with the implementation of FoFA," he said. "The area of superannuation needs confidence, needs stability and needs to have a taxation program in place that ...

MDAs to expand SMSF footprint

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 15 MAR 2011
... groups find the new market of MDAs attractive as advisers are demanding more for their investment choices. "In the case of FOFA reforms, through our system the dealer can control the fee structure, packaged it so their margin is built into the overall ...