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Industry receives FoFA bill with mixed feelings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Financial Planning Association is supportive of the amendments, other than the general advice exemption on advice and superannuation products," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard. Rantall said that the Association would have ...

Count Financial launches its Accountants' Solution

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... aligned deal group Count Financial (Count) has launched a solution for accountants wanting to provide self-managed superannuation (SMSF) advice following the removal of the accountants' licensing exemption. Count chief executive David Lane said that ...

Labor hopes to disallow FoFA amendments

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... will initially be pushed through as regulations rather than legislation, according to opposition spokesperson for superannuation and financial services Bernie Ripoll. The government is lodging its amendments as regulation with the Attorney-General's ...

FoFA introduced into parliament with some tweaks

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... conflicted remuneration can be paid and is welcomed, the FPA still calls for the removal of the ability to reintroduce superannuation and investment commissions on general advice altogether," FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. "This change, however ...

XPLAN named top planning application

STAFF WRITER  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... planning/platform integrated planning application was AdviserNETgain/Asgard. Provisio was surveyed as the best superannuation scaled advice application, followed by XPLAN Engage and Decimal. "Provisio has been part of the development of superannuation ...

Professional planners don't accept commissions: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... Financial Planning Association. "We don't believe that a commission should be payable on any form of investment or superannuation, regardless of whether it's specific personal advice or general advice," said Rowe, speaking on ABC television's Lateline ...

High net worth assets grow to $1.4 trillion

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... High net worth (HNW) investors now hold around $1.4 trillion in investable assets, almost as much as the entire superannuation system, according to new data from Investment Trends. The report found the number of high net worth (HNW) investors in Australia ...

Super is now an economic driver

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
Industry Super Australia (ISA) will argue to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) that superannuation is now a mature contributor to the Australian economy and should be integrated into the nation's economy's macro management infrastructure. The ISA claim ...

Intra-fund advice is low-cost

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has released a report that they claim demonstrates intra-fund advice is low cost to deliver. The report found that the median cost for intra-fund advice equates to $2.81 per member per year ...

Russell after-tax director resurfaces at Parametric

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 18 MAR 2014
... QIC. She is also a qualified solicitor and chartered tax adviser, specialising in taxation laws applying to the superannuation and investment management industry. "Joining Parametric is a fantastic progression of my career. There is huge appetite for ...