The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have formed a joint task force to fight against state Government pro...
The Federal Government is undertaking to release within two weeks the draft regulations and operating standards which will apply to the licensing of superannuation truste...
When Richard Gilbert entered the Top 10 Most Influential People list last year, he had only just stepped into his new role as chief executive of one of the country’s most...
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has claimed the uptake of its model product disclosure statements (PDS) has been high less than a month after its...
The final draft of a set of international standards for financial planning should be ready for comment next March....
The Federal Government’s push to reduce the superannuation surcharge and expand government co-contributions bore fruit as the Senate passed both measures yesterday after ...
Australia has overtaken Italy when measured by total managed fund assets, putting it in fourth place worldwide behind the United States, France and Luxembourg....
Fund managers accepting deposits or funds from the public will be slugged with additional costs and increased compliance demands if new international due diligence guidel...
Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer, Senator Ian Campbell, reinforced his commitment to continuing the current reform momentum at an Investment and Financial Service...
Financial advisers do not need to gain extra qualifications to advise on self-managed super funds (SMSFs), apart from the requirements of the Financial Services Reform Ac...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has embarked on a disclosure campaign with a specific focus on soft dollar as part of its effort to improve professional standard...
The Association of Super Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have called on the Government to pour some of its $7.5 bil...
The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has released two model Product Disclosure Statements (PDS) to assist product issuers in developing disclosure doc...
Mike Taylor previews the IFSA 2003 ‘Illuminate’ conference, which kicks off in Cairns on August 13....
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have hit out at the possible increased regulatory powers of the Aust...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...
increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...