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Financial Wisdom to face class action for poor advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 16 JUN 2014
... and a series of wrong behaviour by one of its financial advisers, Rollo Sherriff, were exposed by a recent joint Fairfax and ABC investigation. Shine Lawyers is inviting people who engaged the services of Meridien Wealth before June 22, 2012, to attend ...

New FoFA will not bring back old commissions: FactCheck

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 2 JUN 2014
Changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation will not bring back old-style commissions, ABC's FactCheck program said, contradicting shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen. FactCheck analysed Bowen's statement that changes to FoFA will bring back ...

Treasurer signals major superannuation shake up

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 20 MAY 2014
... into sync with age pension reforms that were announced in last week's budget. The Treasurer was speaking last night on the ABC Q&A program in front of a live audience in western Sydney. Responding to questions on whether the government had any intentions ...

CBA forced to review poor compensation methods

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... "The problems in the process were with the communication," he said. ASIC's move on CBA came days after a joint Fairfax and ABC investigation shed light on more cases of poor advice within the bank's financial planning businesses. The media reports also ...

Budget reply speech 2014 -15: Bill Shorten

Industry prepares for Abbott's first budget

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... herculean sales job on his hands. "He's going to have to sell the budget by making excuses for telling lies," Mr Burke told ABC radio. Read Financial Standard's coverage of the budget here.

Super needs a radical new solution to longevity: Keating

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAY 2014
... enable superannuation to provide enough money for retirees who are increasingly likely to become centenarians. Speaking on ABC TV's Lateline program last night, Keating gave an extended interview where we explained how rising longevity is severely challenging ...

New reports to stir financial planning perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... has prompted the Financial Planning Association (FPA) to leap to advisers' defense. Tonight's airing of 'Banking Bad' on the ABC's Four Corners program is set to stir the debate around the professional standards of advisers, which has been questioned ...

FSC lobbies against super "7 year gap"

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 APR 2014
... pension age. "There is a 7 year gap between the age you can access your superannuation and your pension," Brogden said on ABC TV's 'The Drum.' Brogden noted that most Australians can access their superannuation at 60, but that they don't start receiving ...

Hockey signals pension age might climb to 70

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2014
... should not be too big a shock to the electorate. Nevertheless, Jeremy Hanson, ACT liberal party and opposition leader said on ABC Radio that the challenge is how to accommodate people in physical industries unable to stay in the workforce indefinitely. ...