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FPA calls on government to listen to industry recommendations on FoFA

From FPA - Financial Planning Association

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called on government to take industry recommendations into account when debating the FoFA bill in parliament in the coming days. This announcement follows FPA

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15 Mar 2012

PJC falls short on FoFA recommendations

From FPA - Financial Planning Association

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has announced its disappointment with the recommendations outlined in the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) report on FoFA, recently tabled to the House of Representatives. Mark

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12 Mar 2012

FoFA: It’s make or break time says AFA

From AFA - Association of Financial Advisers

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has sent a letter outlining its five major concerns relating to the proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation to the Independents, relevant frontbenchers

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08 Mar 2012

FOFA penalises advisers who act in the client’s best interests

From Synchron Group

Draft Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) regulations designed to curb a non-existent churning culture will penalise advisers who act in the client’s best interests, according to Synchron. “On the one

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07 Mar 2012

Parliamentary Joint Committee’s report on FoFA reforms

From FSC - Financial Services Council

Responding to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s report on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, the Financial Services Council said it was disappointed at the Committee’s unwillingness to accept industry

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06 Mar 2012

PJC report on reforms to financial advice

From FSC - Financial Services Council

Responding to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s report on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, the Financial Services Council said it was disappointed at the Committee’s unwillingness to accept industry

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01 Mar 2012

Implementation of reforms need to be in the best interest of the consumer, says FPA

From FPA - Financial Planning Association

At the Senate Economics Committee Hearing yesterday, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) announced that they would support a one year transition and implementation timeframe of the FoFA reforms. At the hearing,

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24 Feb 2012

PJC can put FoFA back on track

From AFA - Association of Financial Advisers

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (the PJC) has provided the Government with a unique opportunity to hear about the real impact of the Future of Financial

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06 Feb 2012

Professionalism key to getting reforms back on track, FPA tells parliament

From FPA - Financial Planning Association

While reiterating broad support of the intent behind the original FoFA reforms, head of peak professional body the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Mark Rantall, has warned the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC)

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24 Jan 2012

Get FoFA back on track: AFA

From AFA - Association of Financial Advisers

Draft Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation is still failing consumers by not measuring up to its own expectations, according to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). Commenting on the

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17 Jan 2012

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