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Rowe takes FPA chair

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... Planning Committees and a member of the Board Remuneration and Succession Planning Committee. He has also chaired the FPA Ripoll Inquiry Committee and Professional Conduct Committees. Chair for three years, Julie Berry, announced in September she would ...

Industry could face another inquiry

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... of Superannuation Trustees. "The industry is still working its way through the recommendations of the Cooper Review, the Ripoll Inquiry and various other inquiries, most of which are squarely aimed at lowering fees and delivering a better deal for fund ...

Planners urged to address ethics

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... Sunday. The conference will also address adviser remuneration models, adviser roles, the future of superannuation and the Ripoll report, insurance and savings adequacy, among other issues.

Planner associations at different stages globally

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 12 OCT 2010
... industry's lack of compulsory superannuation obviously makes a significant difference along with the three reviews (Henry, Ripoll and Cooper) on Australia's industry also having an effect, yet it is also the stage at which the industry is developing ...

The trillion dollar election question

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 AUG 2010
... about extending the ability to contribute to SG at age 70, and you've got different approaches on how they'd respond to Ripoll and the payment of financial advisers," he said. Earlier this month, the Gillard Government approved the MySuper reforms as ...

Top CEOs back statutory fiduciary duty for advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
The country's top executives in financial services said that the Ripoll Inquiry recommendation to impose statutory fiduciary duty for financial advisers is the best way to improve the quality of advice, a survey shows. The Financial Services Council/PricewaterhouseCoopers ...

Coalition details stance on commissions

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2010
... the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), previously said the association expects the Coalition to adopt some of the Ripoll report's recommendations. "I suspect the Coalition will look at some of the recommendations of the parts that Minister Bowen ...

AFAC and APESB launch fresh debate on fiduciary duty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... Advice (FoFA) reforms proposed a July 2012 deadline. "In the main, we think the way that the government's been through the Ripoll Inquiry and FoFA have been very sound and robust. Therefore, we're keen that the content of any proposals coming through ...

Short form PDS gets green light

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... the industry body. "With the imminent release of the final report from the Cooper Review, the Government's response to Ripoll, the increase in SG and other budget initiatives, and now the short form PDS regime, there is a framework and future plan for ...

FPA board member resigns, airs governance concerns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
... important issues affecting the future of the FPA - particularly the recruitment Mark Rantall as chief executive and the Ripoll Report. "I was extremely disappointed the matter of Parliamentary Privilege raised in the Ripoll Report was not discussed nor ...