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The Financial Planning Association of Australia has recognised Australia’s top financial planners at its 2018 FPA Awards....

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Technology was a focus of the first day of the FPA’s Professionals Congress yesterday, with the organisation both releasing a fintech buyers guide and a new app to match ...

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Financial planning

Financial planners who breach the industry’s new code of conduct will face the ultimate sanction of exclusion from the industry under arrangements outlined in a new Finan...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has issued a carefully measured response to the latest Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority blueprint, arguing it needs mor...

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Financial planning

While the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s updated standards show some positives, advisers are still going to be impacted by the regulator’s arbitrary d...

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The Financial Planning Association's Conduct Review Commission has fined former member, Sam Henderson $50,000 for breaching the FPA code of conduct....

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Financial planning

Industry Super Australia has objected to exempting personal financial advice from product design and distribution obligations, arguing planners need to be held responsibl...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has told the Royal Commission the planning industry would be well served if licensees were obligated to a best interest duty in the sam...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has suggested risk rating financial products to better target consumer protections....

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Parents are struggling to raise kids born since 2000 and to whom money is often unseen, but seeking a financial planner could help, according to the Financial Planning As...

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Financial planning

The Government has been warned it risks undermining legitimate and well-established financial advice via its plan for the auto-consolidation of low-balance superannuation...

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Features

Amid confusion and outcry amongst financial advisers about the Financial Advisers Standards and Ethics Authority’s education proposals, it is worth remembering how reform...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers will gain a membership advantage if they are appointed as code monitoring bodies by the Austr...

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Financial planning

Financial planners rather than financial products will be critical to helping Australians adapt to changing work environments, including the gig economy, according the Fi...

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The Financial Planning Association has backed early release of superannuation on compassionate and hardship grounds, arguing it fits with financial planner obligations to...

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