The two largest financial planning organisations have increasingly been singing from the same hymn book in delivering their policy messages to Canberra but they are still...
The Financial Planning Association has confirmed a 6.6% decline in membership but has pointed to its books being in good shape....
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has faced more Parliamentary Committee demands for the submissions which persuaded it to change Standard 3 of the fin...
Financial advisers believe the industry needs to speak with one voice and over 80% of respondents to a Money Management survey have supported a merger between the Financi...
Despite the scaled advice focus of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, most financial advisers believe the real answer to reducing advice costs lays in ...
The November financial adviser exam will not have physical locations offered in Melbourne due to COVID-19 restrictions, but regional advisers can sit a physical exam in G...
With the average cost of a statement of advice having risen to around $2,700 the Financial Planning Association says it’s time to peel back the layers of regulation imped...
In the latest FASEA draft guidance, the importance of specialist advice for self-managed superannuation funds has been recognised, according to the SMSF Association....
The consultation around the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority code of ethics must end and the Government must put a definitive timetable on the establishme...
Mike Taylor writes that the Government’s Your Future, Your Super Budget announcement might look good at first blush but contains a number of wrinkles which need to be iro...
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority was built wrong from the outset, has been under-resourced and suffered from bad leadership, according to the Federal ...
Financial planning licensees are urging a highly cautious approach on their planners because of the continuing uncertainty around the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethi...
The future of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is expected to be made clear in next May’s Federal Budget but, in the meantime, its funding and staffin...
The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has delivered key tweaks to its code of ethics, but the initial reaction from advisers has been one of scepticism and...
The draft Financial Planners and Advisers Code of Ethics 2019 guide is open for consultation....
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
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,...