FPA

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will continue to allow training providers to apply for exemptions in regards to Diploma of Financial Planning (DFP) equivalent co...

Financial planning

Looking for a lesser role leads to top spot

For a man who has just been named Money Management Financial Planner of the Year, John Wotherspoon is trying awfully hard to try and make himself redundant. But then Woth...

Financial planning

Discovering the ethical phenomena

Recognising ethical clients, taking the time and paying attention to their specialised needs is the way forward for ethical investing, according to a panel of industry fi...

Editorial

Risk management strength of hedge funds

“A true hedge fund is an investment vehicle with a primary key to minimise investment risk in an attempt to deliver profits under all circumstances.”...

Financial planning

FPA lauches privacy push

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has kicked off is privacy push at its recent annual convention with the launch of a kit designed to help advisers ensure they mee...

Financial planning

FPA education change anges providers

Financial services industry educators are heading for showdown with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) after the latter announced large scale changes to the way the...

Financial planning

Competition moves to the next level

Hypercompetition will be the next buzz word to come out of the financial services industry with many in the industry believing it cannot be avoided accordingt to Credit S...

Financial planning

Wotherspoon takes out industry’s most sought after prize

Adelaide-based financial planner John Wotherspoon has beat out a host of other high profile advisers to win this year’s Money Management Financial Planner of the Year awa...

Financial planning

Morningstar defends star ratings

Morningstar has put the internal turmoil over the dismissal of its chief executive behind it and hit back strongly at a report which questioned the value of the research ...

Financial planning

Advisers move away from reward mentality

For my last article, I normally summarise my previous articles for the year. However this time I want to only do that in part. That’s because this year was the last year ...

Financial planning

Unearthing the planner of the year

Every year Money Management asks a few of the industry’s foremost names to examine the entries and sort through the detail to unearth who will be the <i>Money Management<...

Financial planning

Convention promises an affair to remember

Delegates attending the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Conventions of the past, have no doubt become accustom to the impressive social events and networking opportu...

Financial planning

FSR should be tackled as compliance issue

The best way for financial advisers to tackle the 1200 page long Financial Services Reform Act is one bite at a time says Clayton Utz’s director of financial services Kar...

Financial planning

Ramos-Horta to add perspective to theme

Dr Jose Ramos-Horta will give both perspective and significance to this year’s FPA national convention theme, ‘Building Bridges – Creating Opportunity.’...

Financial planning

Convention marks 10 years of history

To look back over the past ten years of the FPA’s National Convention is to take a history lesson in the development of the financial planning industry....