The FPA remains Australia’s dominant industry body for financial planners, but in the contest for members it is the AFA that has experienced the greatest migration of mem...
Dealer groups must adopt programs that encourage practices to employ junior financial planners, according to e-Jobs Recruitment Specialists director Trevor Punnett. ...
AFA chief Richard Klipin said the report would set the industry on the path of becoming a trusted profession....
It is reassuring that the chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, Bernie Ripoll, has indicated that he really does understan...
Three advice firm principals aligned to dealer group Australian Financial Services (AFS) have been placed on suicide watch by the dealer group in the past 12 months. ...
Large industry funds are increasing their footprint in the financial services landscape and beginning to look like diversified financial services businesses....
Relying on general research from research houses for the provision of advice is being challenged, according to research consultant Rob Mcgregor....
Changes at NAB Financial Planner Banking see appointment of new national manager....
As the Ripoll Inquiry probes deeper into some of the failures in the financial planning industry, the Association of Financial Advisers has urged greater planner focus on...
At the recent Investment and Financial Services Association conference, Money Management conducted a round table in which inndustry leaders canvassed various issues facin...
Money Management's round table at the Investment and Financial Services Association conference also considered the future of Australia's Superannuation Guarantee. ...
The Association of Financial Advisers will use today's Ripoll Inquiry hearings to back Treasury warnings about unintended consequences flowing from changes to financial p...
Is the financial services industry ready to embrace a different regulatory model in circumstances where ASIC has not lived up to the expectations of some? Mike Taylor rep...
Two interesting and welcome events occurred in the financial planning industry last week – the Financial Planning Association (FPA) agreed with the Association of Financi...
The Ideas Centre will help AFA members to build, manage and protect not only the wealth of their clients but also the value of their own businesses....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....