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Cooper throws down super gauntlet

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... Business yesterday that should immediately dismiss any concerns that he is leading just another harmless superannuation inquiry. From whether super should be seen as a public utility that the government sets the prices for, to whether asset based adviser ...

Aussies follow Brits pushing advice aside

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 SEP 2009
... Advisors to highlight the professional work of financial planners." Guardian also made a lengthy submission to the Ripoll Inquiry last month recognising the need to work closely with regulators to 'weed out' those advisers who, through reckless or self-serving ...

Ripoll to headline AFA conference

Members of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will get a chance to discuss the Ripoll Inquiry with the man behind the inquiry himself, after Bernie Ripoll, chair of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, agreed ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 SEP 2009
... Financial Management will announce the result of a $700 million June 15, 2014, Treasury bond tender. The federal parliamentary inquiry into Storm Financial continues. The Committee for Economic Development of Australia Resources Overview meets, featuring ...

Price of banning commissions will be high: Treasury

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 27 AUG 2009
... becoming too expensive, and the advice industry becoming unsustainable, said Treasury in its submission to the Ripoll Inquiry. "Such a ban would eliminate a source of conflicts of interest, or perceived conflicts of interest. The approach better aligns ...

Perpetual poised to gain market share

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 AUG 2009
... benchmarks. He added that proposed regulatory reforms, particularly those mentioned in the ASIC submission to the Ripoll inquiry, will give companies such as Perpetual a distinct advantage as these reforms - if approved by the Government - will cause ...

Planner remuneration disclosure isn't working: ASIC

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2009
... perceptions of adviser conflicts of interest has escalated into total war following ASIC's 184 page submission to the Ripoll Inquiry that asks the government to consider whether any form of remuneration from product manufacturers to advisers should be ...

Actuaries call for advice 'stress test'

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 17 AUG 2009
... adverse events on a person's financial position to be part of the advice process. As part of its submission to the Ripoll inquiry, Trevor Thompson, president at the institute, said a personal stress test would address a number of issues that contributed ...

FPA and AFA call for reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
... be members of a professional body. While the FPA and AFA made separate submissions to the Parliamentary Joint Committee Inquiry, both associations noted some common recommendations. Aside from a push for financial planners and advisers to be a member ...

Ripoll Inquiry must build on FSR progress: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... FSR arrangement could negatively impact the fundamentals of a system that is already working well. And while the Rippoll Inquiry - which investigates the role of financial advisers in failed firms such as Storm, MFS and Opes Prime, among others - is ...