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FINANCIAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION

Financial planning

Future2 seeks financial planner support in identifying organisations to benefit from grants....

Financial planning

FPA and education council call for unified accreditation

The Financial Planning Association and Financial Planning Education Council have released for consultation a national financial planning curriculum that also calls for a ...

Policy & Regulation

FOFA unknowns still a concern

The Future of Financial Advice reforms may have passed through the House of Representatives but there is plenty of unknown detail causing concern to the major association...

Editorial

Will Bill Shorten deliver on his FOFA promise?

In the lead up to the Federal Budget it remains to be seen whether the Minister for Financial Services, Bill Shorten, will deliver on legislating the restricted use of th...

Financial planning

FPA's shadow shopper workshops to help financial planners

Even if financial planners don't agree with the findings of ASIC's recent shadow shopper survey, they should consider attending upcoming workshops addressing the findings...

Policy & Regulation

BFPPG lauds FPA's FOFA outcome

The Boutique Financial Planning Principals Group has endorsed the FPA's handling of FOFA negotiations - particularly recognition of the term 'financial planner'....

Editorial

Why the FOFA infighting needs to end

Some of the players might not approve of the way in which the FOFA bills will ultimately be shaped but, as Mike Taylor reports, a Money Management roundtable has conclude...

Editorial

FOFA requires financial services unity

If the comments section on the Money Management website is to be taken as a guide, then the Financial Planning Association continues to weather strong criticism over the ...

Financial planning

Many FPA members disengaged

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) appears to be suffering a problem with member engagement, according to new research released by Wealth Insights....

Financial planning

FPSB praises FPA on FOFA efforts

The Financial Planning Standards Board has praised its member organisation, the Financial Planning Association, for its efforts in negotiating some of the key legislative...

Financial planning

Lingering uncertainty on scaled advice

Scaled advice remains an area of considerable uncertainty despite the Future of Financial Advice bills having passed the House of Representatives....

Financial planning

FPA lifts social media engagement

The Financial Planning Association grows its social media presence amid legislative change....

Financial planning

FPA's code earns tax accreditation

The FPA has been granted the status of recognised tax agent association by the Tax Practitioners Board, which acknowledged the FPA's code of conduct meets its requirement...

Editorial

Questions swirl around FPA's FOFA deal

A document purporting to be the outline of an agreement on FOFA struck between the Financial Planning Association and the Industry Super Network caused furore in the indu...

Editorial

The FPA and ISN's FOFA agreement

Amid the furore over a document purporting to be an agreement between the Financial Planning Association and the Industry Super Network, Money Management's Mike Taylor pu...