FINANCIAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION

Editorial

The Government's Future of Financial Advice proposals may serve to alter the legislative environment but, as Mike Taylor writes, new research suggests much more is requir...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) is offering free financial advice to those affected by the Queensland floods....

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Editorial

Ray Griffin looks at the recent changes made by the Financial Planning Association and considers the impact they will have on the financial planning community in Australi...

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Editorial

The financial planning industry has ended 2010 amid just as much uncertainty as the beginning of the year, writes Mike Taylor....

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Editorial

As the debate surrounding tertiary education for financial planners moves from whether it should be compulsory to what degree should count, Ashleigh McIntyre writes that ...

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Financial planning

Although it is still early days in terms of the fallout from the Queensland floods, Australia’s financial advisory industry has begun looking into what assistance w...

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Financial planning

The Boutique Financial Planning Principals Group (BFPPG) has endorsed the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA’s) proposed new strategy, but noted there were...

Financial planning

The University of New England has signed an articulation agreement with RG 146 training provider, Mentor Education Group, allowing Mentor graduates to knock up to 42 per ...

Financial planning

AFA chief Richard Klipin has called on the financial services industry to create a united message for consumers next year, following the launch of a new group called the ...

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Financial planning

The replacement of outgoing Financial Planning Association CEO Jo-Anne Bloch by Godfrey Pembroke chief Mark Rantall attracted criticism from some quarters of the industry...

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Financial planning

A joint move by ASIC and APRA to suspend Trio Capital (formerly Astarra Capital) as trustee of four superannuation funds and a pooled super trust generated significant co...

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Editorial

As the Federal Treasury reaches the final stages of its consultation process around the Future of Financial Advice reforms, the debate has seemed closed to the very peopl...

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Editorial

The Financial Planning Association has outlined a radical agenda in its attempt to evolve into a professional association but, as Mike Taylor reports, the ultimate transf...

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Financial planning

Financial planners should be licensed under the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) like any other industry that provides limited or other tax agent services, according to the ...

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Financial planning

The possibility of a single professional association arose during several sessions at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) national conference, one of which included ...

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