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Industry prepares for new advice era

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
... Chris Bowen, unveiled this week radical proposals to reform the planning industry following the findings of the Ripoll Inquiry on the collapse of failed property group Westpoint and financial planning firm Storm Financial. Central to the reforms is the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 12 APR 2010
... Bank of Australia (RBA) releases credit and debit card data for February. The Senate Economics References Committee's inquiry into access to finance by small business holds a public hearing in Sydney, with appearances from the Australian Bankers' Association ...

Advisers to gain political insight

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... luncheons later this month. Hockey will talk about the financial planning industry, provide his insight into the Ripoll Inquiry and the opposition's outlook for the financial services industry at the lunch on 20 April in Sydney. Bowen will then provide ...

Senate showdown looms on Clearing House legislation

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... that does not amount to making a case for Medicare. "They have just made an excuse. Medicare even admitted to the Senate inquiry that it had not even considered how many employers would use the facility." The Senate inquiry into the superannuation clearing ...

Military Super reforms under senate scrutiny

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
The senate is holding an inquiry into military and civilian superannuation reforms proposed by the Federal Government - including the management merger of civilian and military schemes. The shadow minister for veterans' affairs, Louise Markus, and the ...

Planners forced to rewrite succession plans

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 22 JAN 2010
... number of planners worry about their succession plans, particularly with the Henry and Cooper Reviews, and the Ripoll Inquiry, casting some uncertainty on their business models. "Obviously with the debate around fees and commissions, how do you value ...

FinaMetrica rides regulatory wave

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 19 JAN 2010
... market volatility and a range of other capital market possibilities. Given the recommendations from last year's Ripoll Inquiry that included financial planners have a fiduciary duty to clients, Resnik is hopeful of a similar outcome in Australia.

Fixing an industry on steroids

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
Day One of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) highlighted the testimony of an investment veteran who said the industry has long been on steroids - and called the commissioners to help build a system that doesn't need to save the banks every ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... Dimon, Morgan Stanley Chairman John Mack and Bank of American Corp CEO Brian Moynihan appeared before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, at the first meeting of the bipartisan, 10-member panel, which is investigating the near collapse of the financial ...

Securitor adds planners and expands research

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 DEC 2009
... Younger said the Securitor network is well positioned whatever the government chooses to implement following the Ripoll Inquiry, as most of their planners use a fee for service remuneration model. "We haven't felt the need to go and make [mandate a change ...