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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has told the Australian Securities and Investments Commission the same reference checking protocols that apply to financial advisers sh...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers should not be unnecessarily entangled by the Government’s new insurance claims handling legislative framework just because they are taking on a new cli...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has leveraged the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s affordable advice review to drive home its policy for financial ad...

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Financial planning

Although the removal of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is a huge victory for many in the industry who spent the last few years fighting for reform, ...

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Financial planning

The Federal Government has made at least some concessions to financial advisers with new legislation at least simplifying some elements of fee disclosure while making cle...

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Financial planning

The FPA is on a recruitment drive among former members and new members with whom it has had contact offering a discount of $506 for those wanting to become Associate Memb...

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People & Products

Diana D’Ambra has been appointed as an additional director and will chair the board audit and risk committee....

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Financial planning

Advisers providing "strategic advice” or financial coaching should be subject to the same regulatory obligations as other advisers, according to the Financial Planning As...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is pointing to the proposed Single Disciplinary Body as the answer for delivering greater regulatory simplicity for financial tax advis...

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Financial planning

WA-based HPH Solutions has picked up two awards, as the annually presented award reaches its eighth year. ...

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Financial planning

The industry is still a “boy’s club” and it will come at the expense of advice that better suits the needs of female clients....

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Superannuation

The Government’s Retirement Income Review has been welcomed but the industry has differing views on the superannuation guarantee increase and accessing home equity to fun...

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Financial planning

The volume of regulatory change means it is becoming impossible to do business as a financial planner using old technology and old ways of operation, according to the Fin...

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Editorial

The widespread general criticism of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s latest efforts around code of conduct guidance should be the catalyst for the G...

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Financial planning

Clarity around Standard 3 of the financial adviser code of ethics is vital and the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority needs to stop playing ‘semantic games’...

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