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Rainmaker Group appoints Professional Standards Officer

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 29 APR 2013
... business succession planning. "We are excited to have Trevor on board. As the countdown begins to a new advice regime under Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation, it's imperative that financial advisers have a comprehensive guide to all the technical ...

Industry under-prepared for SuperStream: Bravura

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 22 APR 2013
... institutions are too busy juggling other priorities to update back-office systems. These include regulatory reforms such as Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) and MySuper, the need to retain clients, stemming the loss of business to self-managed superannuation ...

IPA and SPAA sign SMSF collaboration agreement

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 19 APR 2013
... advocacy efforts to achieve strong member benefits. The agreement comes as the market prepares for the start of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regime and the new accountants licensing regime on 1 July 2013. In addition to policy and advocacy support ...

Commonwealth Financial Planning restructures adviser remuneration

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 APR 2013
... changes. "The FPA supports the fee-for-service model," FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. "Clearly all firms need to be Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) compliant by 1 July and a balanced scorecard approach, which focuses on service and customer ...

All APRA funds to offer SMSF-style choice

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... option and I expect them all to have it in five years." If Sherry's prediction comes true it raises questions about the future of the $500 billion SMSF industry. Frontier Advisors managing director Fiona Trafford-Walker told Financial Standard last month ...

ASIC delays start date for advisers exam

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 APR 2013
... objective is to allow appropriate time for other reforms to be implemented in the financial advice sector, referring to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) package of reforms. The organisation said that it views the exam as a very important initiative ...

EQT creates private wealth management role

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2013
... company for the financial services industry. "EQT is positioning itself to ensure it is fully compliant with the new Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, as well as helping other financial planning organisations meet the 'best interest' and 'know ...

Reignited euro crisis prompts gold rush

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... opportunity for gold. Since then the price has risen some 2%. A series of market shocks and on-going uncertainty about the future of the global economy have seen it perform strongly over the last five years. While market shocks are good news for gold ...

FPA reiterates need for professional qualifications

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... two years ago of an initiative to raise the standards of the financial planning profession, which is in line with the Future of Financial Advice reforms being implemented by the government in July. "This campaign is in line with the FPA's continuous ...

CommInsure expands income protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 18 MAR 2013
... with advisers in order to get ready for the new regulatory requirements. A large team of people is preparing for the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) regulation that it is set to start on July 1.