FPA has declared its intention to increase the awareness of its Certified Financial Planner designation, with the aim of giving the professional mark more credibility....
Advisers attending IOOF professional development days and technical training sessions will be eligible to receive CPD points following the company’s acceptance as a princ...
Post graduate degree qualified people will no longer be able to gain an exemption from four out of the five units that must be obtained to receive the Certified Financial...
Just a few minutes ago, I finished speaking by phone with the son of a long-standing client. Our client’s son is 23 years of age and is in his first job, having completed...
Despite contributing almost half a million dollars to its new television advertising campaign, the FPA has posted an after-tax budget surplus of $1.187 million for the ye...
An undergraduate degree covering accounting, taxation and financial advising will be offered by the University of Western Sydney from next year, adding an entry point to ...
It’s taken nearly five years, in which time it’s been dwarfed as a financial services issue in Australia by the launch of the Financial Services Reform Act, but a global ...
In 2007, the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) will set a global precedent by requiring all advisers wishing to gain its senior qualification, Certified F...
The recent ruling by the Australian Taxation Office allowing financial planners to give tax advice has blurred the roles of accountants and advisers even further. In the ...
The Securities Institute of Australia and the Australasian Institute of Banking and Finance are to merge, subject to member approval from both organisations....
OFM Investment Group is set to launch a program to educate independent advisers on the benefits and shortcomings of including bonds in client portfolios....
The Financial Planning Association has outsourced the administration of its Certified Financial Planner program, awarding the contract to former competitor - the Securiti...
Understanding clients’ needs and helping them achieve their financial goals is the bedrock of Jo Tuck’s practice....
Financial planners have taken a lot of criticism recently from some who say we are not moving quickly enough to embrace change....
Count Financial Limited’s Barry Lambert has announced his retirement plans and will hang up the gloves as Count managing director sometime in 2006. Far from putting his f...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...