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FOFA guidance released

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 14 DEC 2012
Two key pieces of guidance for the Federal Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms were released by the Australian Securities & Investments Commission Yesterday. Regulatory guides that the corporate watchdog said had been produced after extensive ...

FoFA reforms dilute platform pricing power: Centurion

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
Price pressure instigated by the future of financial advice (FoFA) reforms on planning licensees will be passed on to administration platforms and related services, according Centurion Market Makers' Chris Wrightson. The financial advice business broking ...

Advisers risk wasting 2013: van Eyk Advice

BEN COLLINS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 DEC 2012
... are in danger of wasting next year, van Eyk Advice has warned. 'Grandfathering' provisions in the federal government's Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms could mean that advisers become complacent, said Tony Zulli, van Eyk Advice national practice ...

ASIC eyes off researchers

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... posted the updated policy to help researchers meet their legal obligations, and to bring its rules in line with the Future of Financial Advice reforms. ASIC's new guidance applies to a "broad range" of investment research providers such as analysts and ...

Mortgage Choice Financial Planning open for business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 DEC 2012
... Mortgage Choice Financial Planning spokesperson added that the move had been deliberately timed to coincide with the Future of Financial Advice reforms in a bid to win new business. "The timing is good," she explained. "The proposition has been tested ...

Wealth CEO's lambast regulatory reforms

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2012
... a survey released today. Many leaders in the wealth management industry don't think that new regulation, such as the Future of Financial Advice reforms (FoFA) and Stronger Super even pass a simple cost-benefit test, said John Brogden, chief executive ...

Draft regulation released for Accountant Exemption

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... down prices, said Shorten. A limited Australian Financial Services License was announced as part of The Government's Future of Financial Advice reforms. This will replace the current accountants' exemption and will see up to 10 000 become licensed to ...

Multi-asset funds react to lack of diversification

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... last 12 to 18 months. The research house says it remains to be seen whether these types of product will represent the future of multi-asset class investing or whether it is a product trend which will lose its appeal once markets normalise. "Lonsec recognises ...

Advisers must change mindset in face of FoFA

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
The biggest challenge for financial planners in the face of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms is to change their mindset from one of selling products to that of providing a quality service for consumers, according to MyAdivser's Philippa ...

Most consumers distrust advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 13 NOV 2012
... costs arising from the changes. The study gives a worrying snap-shot of the industry in the run up to the government's Future of Financial Advice reforms becoming mandatory from July next year. AFA President Brad Fox says that the AFA's own research ...