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25 January 2012 • By Reporter • 1 min read

FOFA assessment rushed: Treasury

The Office of Best Practice Regulation ran out of time in its assessment of the federal government's FOFA bills, a PJC inquiry has heard

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ANZ calls for general advice incentives

ANZ is pushing for over-the-counter advice to be incentivised.Frontline bank staff should be incentivised to provide general advice to ...

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PJC queries FSC reform costing

The PJC has questioned the FSC's multi-million-dollar FOFA cost estimate.The Financial Services Council (FSC) is standing by the results of its ...

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Rimmer confirms FSP departure

No reason has been given for Geoff Rimmer's departure from Financial Services Partners.Former Financial Services Partners (FSP) chief ...

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Reform agenda causes confusion: FPA

The FPA does not fully agree with the current advice industry reform legislation before Parliament. Many decisions made as part of ...

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Industry super hijacked FOFA: AFA

FOFA as it stands will decimate the financial advice industry, AFA CEO Richard Klipin says.The government's Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) ...

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AMP calls for FOFA impact statement

AMP Financial Services' MD says FOFA would cut 25,000 jobs from the advice industry.  AMP has called for a regulatory impact ...

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2012 Groundhog year ... again?

This year about 255,000 baby boomers will reach retirement age, but many will not have had compulsory super for the first 20 years of their life

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Macquarie Life unveils WebConnect service

Macquarie Life has launched its new online service, WebConnect, which provides financial advisers, insurance brokers and their clients with more ...

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MLC launches online insurance tool

MLC & NAB Wealth has launched its Life Stages Tool, which is aimed at helping advisers and their clients identify what insurance they need

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