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Financial planning

The AFA has turned to Adviser Ratings to help educate the public about the value of financial advice....

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Financial planning

Advisers looking to join the AMP Adviser Academy will have to meet increased entry standards, as the company pushes to boost professional standards....

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Financial planning

BT Group Licensees have launched a digital learning channel with educational programs for financial advisers. ...

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Financial planning

Macquarie University’s launches Masters of Banking and Finance course for students wanting to enter the banking and finance industry....

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Financial planning

Australia’s new generation of planners are more likely to hold a BA in Finance, Economics or Accounting than their predecessors....

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Financial planning

Despite perceptions that financial planners are Lexus-driving money-makers, a large proportion of the industry take home relatively modest pay-packets, the Money Manageme...

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Top 100

Moves to assess the landscape of financial planning should be lauded but, as Jason Spits writes, there needs to be more clarity as to who should populate that landscape....

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Financial planning

Enrolments into the AFA Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner designation has hit 500 since late 2013 when the curriculum was relaunched with Kaplan. ...

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Financial planning

Skilled advisory staff with appropriate higher education standards are in increasing demand with paraplanners in the spotlight, according to Hays....

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Policy & Regulation

Australia's banking industry is "committed to rebuilding consumer trust and confident in financial advice", the ABA stated in a submission to the Treasury. ...

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