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As the call for professional standards echoes around Asia, various industry bodies are lining up for a piece of the action. Ben Abbott reports....

Financial planning

An international battle between controllers of the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Chartered Financial Practitioner (ChFP) designations has erupted in the Asia-Paci...

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has made significant changes to its Certified Financial Planner (CFP) education program, allowing individuals with existing quali...

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Financial services education provider, IntegraTec, has released the latest in its series of financial planning training courses, calling for a greater concentration on co...

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The Australian Securities and Investments Commissions (ASIC) will act against individual firms named in a damning report released this week on the quality of financial pl...

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The Financial Planning Association has heard all the criticisms levelled at the industry, and Allan Crompton says the focus has always been on higher standards....

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At the conclusion of last year Money Management ran a number of articles regarding the vexed issue of commission disclosure which were promptly met by a number of respons...

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Victorian financial planner Robert Kiddell has won the Money Management Financial Planner of the Year award for 2002 after beating a field of well known financial planner...

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Leading agribusiness group Great Southern Plantations has taken out a special professional indemnity (PI) insurance policy to cover financial planners wanting to recommen...

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FINANCIAL planners will now be able to gain industry standard education without the need to complete the Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) Diploma of Financial Plann...

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Pauline Vamos has been named the most influential person in financial services by a panel of industry peers....

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Financial planning fees and commission have been the subject of much discussion over the years and they are once again back on the agenda....

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Choosing the most influential people in the financial services industry is a task fraught with difficulty....

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Financial services education has been a hot topic throughout this year but the issue is about to get even hotter due to a decision made by National Finance Industry Train...

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Pauline Vamos has been named the most influential person in financial services by a panel of industry peers....

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