FINANCIAL PLANNING ASSOCIATION

Financial planning

Changes associated with the new tax system are far from complete, according to Mercantile Mutual national technical services manager Tony Negline....

Financial planning

Risk products that don’t pay commissions – you’ve got to be joking. Refunding trail commissions – too hard....

Financial planning

While the explosion of information has led to more savvy clients, the role of the adviser is still crucial. Kate Kachor finds that education is about information, present...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will announce a replacement for former FPA chief executive officer, Michael McKenna, in early October, according to FPA Chairman ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are at odds following the release of a parliamentary report on the Financial Serv...

Financial planning

Tax reform, new licensing laws and an added emphasis on professionalism and training is a turbulent time to become chairman of the Financial Planning Association. Jason S...

Financial planning

AXA’s Tasmanian dealership services manager Kate Stephenson has left the group to join Deloitte Financial Services....

Financial planning

Zurich Financial Services has added an interactive e-mail component to its web site but has stated it will not use the service to provide advice or sell products....

Financial planning

Industry research tells us that more and more people are turning to financial planners – but what do clients really think of their advisers? David Chaplin investigates....

People & Products

AXA’s Tasmanian dealership services manager Kate Stephenson has left the group to join Deloitte Financial Services....

Financial planning

Steve Helmich has been named as head of distribution in the wake of the departure of Neil Swindells who resigned from AMP to go to AXA a fortnight ago....

Financial planning

APIR Systems has got the ball rolling on an adviser numbering system with the launch of a dedicated development centre....

Financial planning

Financial services groups with global scale and reach will be the big industry winners in coming years, according to AXA Australia chief executive Les Owen....

Financial planning

Steve Helmich has been named as head of distribution in the wake of the departure of Neil Swindells who resigned from AMP to go to AXA a fortnight ago....

People & Products

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has signed on JDC Allen & Associates as the recruitment agency in charge of forwarding candidates for the association’s chief exe...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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A Sydney financial adviser has been permanently banned from providing any financial services, with the regulator deriding his “lack of integrity, trustworthiness and prof...

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Minister for Financial Services, Stephen Jones, has provided further information about the second tranche of the Delivering Better Financial Outcomes (DBFO) reforms....

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One licensee has lost 27 advisers in the past week, now sitting at zero, according to the latest Wealth Data figures....

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