eJobs Recruitment Specialists has noted a 5.5 per cent drop in national advertised roles in the financial planning industry in the three months to October 31, with job lo...
Student membership numbers up but practitioner numbers down in what outgoing Chair Julie Berry acknowledges as a period of growing pains for both the industry and its pea...
The FPA board election process opens today with 23 candidates lining up for the three available independent positions....
To be recognised as true professionals, financial planners need the equivalent of a degree qualification. The FPA's Certified Financial Planner designation is not enough,...
Figures reveal membership take-up of the Financial Planning Association's Certified Financial Planner designation has plateaued since 2001....
While many would agree the current educational requirements for entry into financial planning are inadequate, there is little common ground on how to resolve the issue, w...
The Financial Planning Association has sent a clear signal that it sees no problem with the Certified Financial Planner designation remaining inextricably linked to membe...
The make-up of the board of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is not adequately representative of practising financial planners, according to recently resigned FPA...
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia (Finsia) has launched a new professional designation for the financial services industry, one that could test the relevanc...
The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners' status as an industry association is being questioned as it moves to revive an investment administration servic...
The Financial Planning Standards Board's (FPSB's) goal is to promote higher standards so financial planning is recognised as a distinct profession similar to accounting, ...
Even in an outstanding field, Jackie Cook’s empathy with her clients stood out, writes Amal Awad....
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has lost numbers in both its principal and general membership bases over the past financial year....
The CFP designation has become cemented as an industry benchmark....
Financial planners are confident about the continued level of training budgets, but training staff split on further subsidies....
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...