A total of 389 Westpoint-related complaints against 61 members of the Financial Industry Complaints Service have been received in total by the organisation – some of them...
Look to your clients for lessons in life, writes Ray Griffin....
The fall in the price of some Collateralised Debt Obligations has triggered collapses in Bear Sterns and Basis Capital hedge funds. Robert Keavney looks at financially en...
AXA unveils some of the biggest changes ever made to its licensee offer....
When it comes to education for financial planners, these days it’s a bit like buying a ticket for a trip that never ends....
FPA in negotiations with RateCity to give its CFPs direct access to the portal’s 8 million customers....
Financial services are in boom phase, which has brought remuneration to unsustainable levels. Robert Keavney examines the impact on financial planning firms today and con...
When it comes to a financial planner’s education, is taking the easy road an advantage or disadvantage? Michael Dale answers this by sharing his own experiences of studyi...
Financial planners stink and industry funds are great. Or vice versa. Apparently one is supposed to pick a side....
At least one dealer group is poised to leave the Financial Planning Association after restrictions on the use of its Certified Financial Planner brand are scrapped on Jul...
A career of dedicated service to the development of financial planning has seen Gwen Fletcher appointed as a member of the General Division of the Order of Australia (AM)...
At a time when financial planners seem beset by criticism from many sides, Robert Keavney argues it is a particularly worthwhile and satisfying career....
The Association of Financial Advisers is preparing to launch its own version of the Financial Planning Association’s Certified Financial Planner designation....
The Financial Planning Association will have to find two staff replacements following the resignation of yet another executive, the second staff departure announcement fo...
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...