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Old 23-11-2009, 09:29 PM   #1
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Financial planners put on notice

The 7.30 Report - ABC

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After a series of high-profile company collapses that cost investors millions of dollars, the role of financial planners has become a hot topic.

In some cases, investors were unaware that planners were receiving payments from the very companies they were recommending for investment.

As they gathered in Melbourne for their national conference today thousands of financial advisers received a blunt message from the Rudd Government to lift their game.

Financial advisers are bracing for tough new regulatory changes as well as strong self disciplinary measures imposed by their own association in a bid to repair their battered reputations. Millions of Australians have a stake in the outcome.
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Old 24-11-2009, 09:17 AM   #2
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Financial planners face tougher rules

AM - Financial planners face tougher rules 24/11/2009

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Some of the investors who lost money when Storm Financial collapsed have welcomed the recommendations from the nine month parliamentary inquiry into financial planners.

Thousands of people lost up to $3 billion when the Queensland-based financial planning firm collapsed.
Last night a parliamentary inquiry recommended that all planners be made to have a financial duty of care to their clients.

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Self regulation working to overcome problems says inquiry chief

AM - Self regulation working to overcome problems says inquiry chief 24/11/2009

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While the recommendations of the inquiry have been welcomed, there's some criticism that they stop short of an outright ban on commissions paid to financial advisers.

But the inquiry's chairman, Labor MP Bernie Ripoll, says there's already evidence that self regulation is helping overcome the ethical issues that came from the collapses of Storm and Opes Prime.

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