After reading the Under Siege article (<I>Money Management, April 1), </I>we were compelled to write and detail our dealings with both the Financial Planning Association...
America's two top financial planning associations have announced plans to merge....
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has reacted strongly to news that two accounting bodies intend to set up independent financial planning designations....
The Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation will become as well recognised as the Certified Practising Accountant (CPA) within ten years, according to a visiting CF...
The FPA says it has been overwhelmed with the response to its new CFP profes-sional education program. The course, which has attracted 150 enrolments for the first semest...
Enthusiasm for the inaugural conference of the Financial Planners and Investment Advisers Association (FPIA) appears muted with attendance numbers projected to fall below...
I have agonised over writing this particular column. I was a founda-tion member of the IAFP; on the steering committee that set up the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) d...
Talks between Australia's two peak accounting bodies and the Financial Planning Association (FPA) have failed to establish a single designation for the provision of finan...
Two events of the past month have the potential to turn the retail financial services market on its head. Tom Collins examines the possibilities opened up by the sale of ...
If the burgeoning sector evolving around employing and outsourcing paraplanners is to be believed, there’s a gold rush going on. “Good people” are talked of in hushed ton...
Everyone knows what a lemming is. They’re small, cute, rodent-like creatures who live far up north in very cold climates. Every few years or so, they run like mad at a cl...
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 ...