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The two largest financial planning organisations have increasingly been singing from the same hymn book in delivering their policy messages to Canberra but they are still...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has confirmed a 6.6% decline in membership but has pointed to its books being in good shape....

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People & Products

Kearsten James, Julie Matheson and Julian Place have been elected to the Financial Planning Association of Australia board, while Marisa Broome will continue as chair....

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Financial planning

Financial advisers believe the industry needs to speak with one voice and over 80% of respondents to a Money Management survey have supported a merger between the Financi...

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Financial planning

Despite the scaled advice focus of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, most financial advisers believe the real answer to reducing advice costs lays in ...

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Financial planning

The Government is talking about it, the regulator is talking about it and now digital advice player Six Park has released a white paper emphasising the need for an expand...

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Financial planning

With the average cost of a statement of advice having risen to around $2,700 the Financial Planning Association says it’s time to peel back the layers of regulation imped...

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Financial planning

The Government wants financial advice to be made more affordable and a Financial Services Council has canvassed easier scaled advice, technology and less red tape as bein...

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Expert Analysis

Financial Services Council policy manager – advice, Zach Castles, argues that regulatory pragmatism can help reduce the cost of financial advice....

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Financial planning

The future of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is expected to be made clear in next May’s Federal Budget but, in the meantime, its funding and staffin...

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Features

A Royal Commission, pandemic and regulatory change have distracted advisers from robo-advice in recent years but Jassmyn Goh finds out if the technology is now finally go...

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Financial planning

The professional indemnity insurance regime is failing small financial planning practices and the Financial Planning Association has pointed out its shortcomings to the o...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has used an updated pre-Budget submission to urge the Government to roll functions of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Author...

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that both Treasury and ASIC are conducting consultations which suggest that politicians of both stripes have finally woken up to the mess created in th...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has warned the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission against imposing another layer of regulation and cost on financial advise...

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