The FPA calls for industry support to give its DollarSmart program more impetus....
To be recognised as true professionals, financial planners need the equivalent of a degree qualification. The FPA's Certified Financial Planner designation is not enough,...
FPA Confidential has resulted in 12 formal investigations since it was launched in February....
The lacklustre recovery from the global financial crisis can be seen in the growth or decline in planner numbers and FUA, writes Benjamin Levy....
Financial planning industry bodies must be careful taking sides during the election campaign - but at the same time they must continue stating their positions, writes Mik...
Diversifying an advice practice through acquisitions can become an expensive exercise when advisers don't have the expertise to retain the clients they paid for, argues A...
Praemium forecasts finally moving into a cash flow positive position at the end of the next financial year....
The Cooper Review doesn't say anything about superannuation that financial planners didn't know already, writes Mike Taylor....
Mark Thomas argues that financial planners must convince their spooked clients that index management and term deposits are the wrong strategy....
The make-up of the board of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is not adequately representative of practising financial planners, according to recently resigned FPA...
Sydney-based boutique financial planning firm Financial Spectrum has launched a financial planning practice start-up and training program aimed at developing advisers out...
Contrary to the concerns of many in the financial planning industry, the vast majority of phone-based intra-fund advice services offered by industry funds are manned by f...
The electoral cycle has overtaken the Government's agenda to change the financial planning industry and, as Mike Taylor reports, the ultimate outcome will be dictated by ...
Today is the last chance financial planners have to voice their opinion in the Money Management Rate the Raters survey....
The lack of common descriptors for responsible investments is serving to confuse investors and, in some cases, financial planners....
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,...