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Risk commission debate heats up

RUTH LIEW AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... occurred among superannuation sales do not exist in the insurance sector. They said the six FPA financial planner remuneration principles - including fee agreements with planners and an 'off switch' when no-ongoing advice is required - still applying ...

Asset consultants under fee pressures

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... director at JANA Investment Advisers, said asset consultants have constantly faced enormous amounts of pressure on remuneration. He recalls a time in the 1990s where JANA lost a tender after one of their rivals offered the same consultancy services for ...

Commission on risk products should continue: FPA

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 MAR 2010
... clients. According to a press statement, the FPA Board confirmed that the first five of the FPA's six Financial Planner Remuneration Principles should apply to risk products, but agreed that Principle Six, which prohibits payments from product manufacturers ...

AXA revamps platform service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 12 MAR 2010
... across because the two platforms have different pricing structures. The new platform will be run on a fee for service remuneration, whereas the old platform allows for commission-based pricing. "We're not building a new platform and abandoning the old ...

AMP planners back fee for service APL

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... they saw any reason not to transition now and the resounding answer was 'no'," he said. The FPA board approved a remuneration policy that moves its members away from a commission-based model by July 2012 in October last year. The policy does not include ...

Investors gain sector-based ETFs

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 9 FEB 2010
... investment. He said ETFs had become more popular in the past 12 months as financial advisers move to a 'fee for service' remuneration model. Indeed, ASX-hosted ETF information seminars have received more than 150 registrations across Sydney and Melbourne. ...

AMP won't rely on M&A: Dunn

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JAN 2010
... its financial planners, improve each planner's 'value proposition' and help each business move to a fee for service remuneration model. "Our hunger for new revenue has to be much greater and our focus on customers needs that much sharper," he said.

Finance jobs to shine in 2010

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 21 JAN 2010
... similar or higher levels than 2008. "These results suggest there is still a degree of conservatism with regards to remuneration. "However there have been early signs that, in certain areas, the war for talent has already emerged - with financial services ...

ASIC bans planner pushing dodgy docos

ASIC RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 14 JAN 2010
... Fuoco also provided clients with defective disclosure documents, which failed to disclose details of his and Elite's remuneration and various interests and associations that may have affected the advice he gave.

Super funds back trustee pay disclosure

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2009
... the performance of super funds after the GFC. Ironically, GESB is one of the minority of super funds that disclose remuneration. It is not compulsory for super funds to disclose pay and, in many cases, they would only disclose the remuneration bands ...