FINANCIAL PLANNING INDUSTRY

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has claimed the Royal Commission failed to hit what it was aiming at and, instead, has impacted small financial advisers and mortgag...

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Policy & Regulation

Industry superannuation funds have welcomed the Royal Commission’s final report, but financial planning groups are concerned about the outcome for their members....

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Financial planning

The advice industry is to blame for the increased costs of stringent compliance regimes and reforms, with one planner saying “we’ve brought this on ourselves”....

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Financial planning

A wave of bad publicity has caused planners to lose their ‘social license’ and new approaches will be required, according to InFocus managing director, Rod Bristow....

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Editorial

A clear agenda is being prosecuted aimed at forcing the Government to hold a Royal Commission into the Financial Planning industry but do those pursuing the issue have cl...

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Financial planning

Under pressure ASIC chairman, Greg Medcraft, has urged politicians to take action to change financial planning....

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Financial planning

PJC chairman, Senator David Fawcett points to evolving model for financial planning....

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Editorial

As the financial planning industry proceeds further into 2015 it must accept little or no further change to FOFA but a range of new debates and opportunities....

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Financial planning

The major industry funds groups want ASIC to receive better budgetary resourcing to regulate financial planners....

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Accounting

ASIC must forge a tighter relationship with the industry it regulates if it is to improve effectiveness of its regulation, according to CPA Australia and Chartered Accoun...

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Financial planning

Dealer group heads expect to see the initial influx of accountants to planning under the new licensing regime....

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Financial planning

The FSC has told a Parliamentary Committee that ASIC needs to get more proactive in pursuing enforcement when planning breaches occur....

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Editorial

The financial planning industry was simply outcampaigned on FOFA and must now look to play a longer and more strategic game....

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Financial planning

The FPA has presented the second Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award to Crowe Horwath’s Amy Early....

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Financial planning

The FSI final recommendations seek to place greater onus on product manufacturers....

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