The Financial Planning Association has upgraded its consumer-facing website in a move it says is designed to help Australians make informed financial decisions....

The Financial Planning Association has launched a new consumer website called FPA Difference as part of Financial Planning Week, which ends this coming Sunday....

Boutique financial advisory firms may be able to improve their lead generation capabilities through the use of technology and social media....

Promoting the value of advice and improving consumer confidence are some of the main goals of this year's Financial Planning Week, according to FPA chief Mark Rantall....

Mike Taylor writes that when FSC chief executive John Brogden announced the framework of new claw-back provisions around the sale of life policies, he reignited a debate ...

Synchron has slammed the FSC's new life insurance churn policy as "disgraceful"....

Both the AFA and FPA have questioned the three-year clawback period outlined in the FSC's new life insurance sales policy. ...

Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden has announced a new life insurance sales policy revolving around the clawback of commissions if a policy lapses in...

ASIC said it is currently unable to provide clarity on some key licensee concerns....

Mike Taylor writes that the reputational damage often suffered by the financial planning industry might be substantially reduced if regulators and the media were a little...

Some question the background of key ASIC personnel handling FOFA regulatory development....

The Financial Planning Association has reminded planners that there is one week left to enrol in the current semester's CFP intake, adding that enrolment numbers continue...

Matthew Rowe will stay on as chairman of the Financial Planning Association board for another two-year term until November 2014....

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