FINANCIAL PLANNING SERVICES

Financial planning

There are divergent views, but Barry Lambert believes licensing may mean planners will have to figure out how to stop accountants from taking their clients....

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Accounting

The Institute of Public Accountants has given its members an alternative to compliance with APES 230. ...

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Financial planning

New research shows only one in 10 industry super fund members use their fund’s financial planning services due to lack of interest and awareness. ...

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Funds management

Jonathan Wu, who started his career in financial services as a teenager, was this year’s recipient of the Young Achiever of the Year award for 2013....

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Editorial

Financial planners are going to be fundamentally affected by the Tax Agent Services Act but, as Cecilia Storniolo explains, there will be many unanswered questions almost...

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Accounting

The APESB has agreed on the amended version of the controversial APES230 standard. ...

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Financial planning

Two bodies will soon regulate financial planners - a serious concern to the FPA....

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Financial planning

Wealth management group netwealth has formed a new national advice group, appointing Simon Micallef to head up the new unit....

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Editorial

Countplus remains fixed on growth despite a first-half profit decline...

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People & Products

Dealer group Financial Planning Services Australia (FPSA) has announced a restructure of its executive team ahead of plans to grow its advice and distribution proposition...

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Financial planning

Australian Unity Personal Financial Services (PFS) is focusing on growing its adviser base by marketing itself as a non-aligned financial services organisation, according...

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Financial planning

Former South Australian financial planner Trevor Wayne Carll has been sentenced to two years in prison with a 13-month non-parole period....

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Editorial

The Financial Planning Association’s ‘side deal’ with the Industry Super Network on FOFA drew plenty of flack from many key industry figures....

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Editorial

The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has placed itself in a dangerous place by opting to proceed with the implementation of APES 230 without th...

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Accounting

Members could inflict pain on accounting groups which seek to promulgate APES 230....

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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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