Ken Breakspear took up the top job at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) less than a month ago. But as most politicians know, the honeymoon period does not last lon...
APIR Systems has received a significant boost to extend its identification system to with a hefty capital injection from the ACT and Federal governments....
The new training requirements being proposed for life agents under the Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB) were described as “garbage” by Association of Financial Advis...
Ken Breakspear took up the top job at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) less than a month ago. But as most politicians know, the honeymoon period does not last lon...
CPA Australia has hit out at what it calls “scaremongering” about the Declared Professional Body (DPB) exemption contained in the Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB)....
It’s like a ticking time bomb sitting beneath the financial planning industry. Tax legislation aimed at snaring IT and construction contractors has unintentionally caught...
The Minister for Financial Services and Regulation Joe Hockey has confirmed that the Government will not be able to roll out the Financial Services Reform Bill by its due...
Who is best qualified to give advice, accountants or planners, has been a long running debate. John Wilkinson looks at how this debate is developing and the influence of ...
Insurance brokers must act now to implement a compliance infrastructure to meet the demands of the ASIC policy statement 161 according to Paul Harding-Davis head of the F...
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...
Tower Australia has acquired a sizeable stake in financial services group, Financial Services Partners (FSP), in an effort to reposition its distribution for the arrival ...
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...
The Australian Security and Investments Commission (ASIC) has extended the deadline for compliance with its training requirements to 30 June 2002....
Insurance brokers must act now to implement a compliance infrastructure to meet the demands of the ASIC policy statement 161 according to Paul Harding-Davis head of the F...
Australia’s financial advice industry is underpinned by licensing arrangements enforced and administered by the ever shrinking resources of our investment watchdog. Tom C...
So shareholders lose a dividend plus have seen the erosion of value. Qantas decides to clawback remuneration from Alan ...
This is why I left my last position. There was no interest in giving the client quality time, it was all about bumping ...
So the Hayne Royal Commission has left us with this. What a sad day for the financial planning industry. Clearly most ...