SPAA submits final response to Tranche 1 of FOFA
SPAA is today submitting to Treasury its final response to
Tranche 1 of the FOFA reforms. Tranche 1 focuses on three
particular areas:
- A best interests obligation for financial advisers
- Opt-in, which requires providers of financial advice to obtain
client agreement to ongoing advice fees
- Changes to the licencing and banning powers of ASIC
These reforms commence on 1 July 2012.