The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) Inquiry into Financial Services and Products has recognised the need to lift the training and entry requirements for the financial...
Dealer groups must adopt programs that encourage practices to employ junior financial planners, according to e-Jobs Recruitment Specialists director Trevor Punnett. ...
Even in an outstanding field, Jackie Cook’s empathy with her clients stood out, writes Amal Awad....
AMP director of financial planning advice solutions Steve Helmich has been elected to the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) for a four-year term....
Joe Hockey has promised the Liberal Party will not support a decision by the Rudd Government to ban adviser commissions....
For the first time in its 21-year history, a woman has been awarded the Money Management Financial Planner of the Year (FPOY) title, with Anne Graham being announced the ...
The co-founder of ipac Securities, Peeyush Gupta, to serve three years on the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) effective April 2010....
The Minister for Financial Services, Superannuation and Corporate Law, Chris Bowen, said any future regulatory change will be guided by the need to provide high quality f...
According to the results of a recent shadow shop, consumers steer away from in-house bank planners when it comes to financial advice....
The Financial Planning Association has called for an overhaul of the education standards for financial planners, including a minimum tertiary qualification requirement by...
The board of the Financial Planning Association is considering raising the minimum education standard for advisers to a tertiary level. ...
Consolidation of dealer groups will be driven by commercial imperatives, with informal FPA modelling finding it costs smaller dealer groups $126,000 a year to support a s...
If one thing has been made clear in our examination of platforms and wraps in Money Management, it is that financial planning operates within a highly commercial and, th...
Platforms and wraps have become such an integral part of the financial planning revenue equation that any changes to the regulatory environment are likely to be felt up a...
AMP Horizons is branching out from financial planner recruitment with the launch of a new program for experienced planners looking to start up their own practice....
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....