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FPA chief executive Mark Rantall counters Federal Opposition doubts by arguing there is a genuine need to enshrine the term 'financial planner/adviser' in law....

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Financial planning

The FPA and AFA have welcomed draft regulations that will enshrine the term 'financial planner/adviser' in law as an important consumer protection move....

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Financial planning

The FPA rewards its top financial planners with the announcement of the 2012 Best Practice Award winners in Melbourne....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has announced a series of educational workshops as part of its 20th anniversary celebrations which will be held in capital cities aroun...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has reported a considerable number of individuals accessing its new consumer website....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has upgraded its consumer-facing website in a move it says is designed to help Australians make informed financial decisions....

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Financial planning

Both the AFA and FPA have questioned the three-year clawback period outlined in the FSC's new life insurance sales policy. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has reported record enrolments for this year's Certified Financial Planner program which saw the increase of nearly 65 per cent from la...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has reminded planners that there is one week left to enrol in the current semester's CFP intake, adding that enrolment numbers continue...

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Financial planning

Matthew Rowe will stay on as chairman of the Financial Planning Association board for another two-year term until November 2014....

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Financial planning

ASIC will soon hold discussions with the financial planning industry about the potential for setting up a self-regulatory organisation which would develop and administer ...

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Policy & Regulation

The Government’s Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation passed through the Senate yesterday, but there seems to be some confusion over whether the terms 'financial...

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Editorial

With the FOFA, Stronger Super and MySuper reforms finally taking shape, the financial services industry has a clearer picture of what the future holds, writes Chris Kenne...

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Policy & Regulation

The Future of Financial Advice reforms may have passed through the House of Representatives but there is plenty of unknown detail causing concern to the major association...

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Editorial

Some of the players might not approve of the way in which the FOFA bills will ultimately be shaped but, as Mike Taylor reports, a Money Management roundtable has conclude...

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