Original article by Jacob Greber
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 and 4 : 20-Jun-14
The Australian Government will wind back key measures of the Future of Financial Advice reforms, including the requirement that financial planners must act in the best interest of clients. Planners will also be barred from receiving up-front or trailing commissions for providing general advice to clients, while the requirement that clients must "opt-in" to receive financial advice will also be scrapped
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