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The popular tax schemes of years gone by could see some advisers facing massive legal claims. GEORGE LIONDIS reports....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has endorsed the publication of a new book designed to assist members of the public deal with their own financial issues....

Financial planning

The proliferation of financial planning professionals puts potential clients in a quandary over how to choose an adviser. TOM COLLINS writes we may be at the point where ...

Financial planning

An association for small dealer groups has just been launched to give boutique dealer groups more clout when it comes to dealing with Government on issues such as complia...

Life/Risk

The crisis in professional indemnity insurance which has engulfed many professions in recent weeks has hit home for financial planners, with at least two more groups refu...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has failed to convince the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) that planners who advised clients to invest in mass marketed tax sche...

Financial planning

Australian high school students could find themselves studying financial planning alongside their other subjects by 2004, following a major push by the Financial Planning...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has today voiced strong opposition to the Labor party’s announcement that it would oppose the Government’s plans to cut the rate ...

Financial planning

The Government has put its choice of superannuation fund policy firmly back on the political agenda with an election night commitment to fund a consumer education campaig...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Authority (FPA) in conjunction with industry players, has formed both a task force and a small working group to try and resolve the rising premiums...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has accused the Australian Tax Office (ATO) of discrimination over its decision to exclude financial planners from its settlement...

Financial planning

In a bid to provide adequate education and professional standards for advisers specialising in the self managed superannuation (SMSF) industry, the Strategist Group manag...

Financial planning

A Measuring success in this industry depends on your starting point. But, as TOM COLLINS writes, how often does the industry define success in terms of the benefits it ha...

Financial planning

Former Financial Planning Association (FPA) chairman Ray Griffin has become the first non-American financial planner to be elected chairman of the International Certfied ...

Financial planning

Financial planning industries around the world are facing unique challenges. KATE KACHOR reports on how the Japanese, US and UK financial planning industries are respondi...

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