The FPA Melbourne chapter charity auction is on again....

Since its launch in 1992, the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation has been setting the standard in professional and educational requirements for the financial p...

The US stockmarket will lose 15 per cent before the end of the year, however, the timing and the reason for a fall cannot be predicted, says BT chief economist Chris Cato...

The implementation of a wider GST on financial services poses a serious threat to financial planners, according to industry figures....

Legal skills are not the monopoly of lawyers. They can, and should, be developed by financial planners if they wish to stand alongside other professionals such as lawyers...

When we last left our favourite lemming, newly annointed dealer principal Nick Bruining, being atacked by a group of brochure delivery men (BDMs). In this exciting instal...

Commission disclosure for life insurance products is no stranger to controversy. Gareth Cosslett asks if the latest battle, concerning two pieces of key financial service...

<B>Name: </B>Norm Whyte <B>Job title: </B>Proper authority holder<B> Dealer group: </B>Professional Investment Services<B> ...

I have agonised over writing this particular column. I was a foundation member of the IAFP; on the steering committee that set up the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) de...

Any plans of a merger between the Life Insurance Complaints Service (LICS) and the Financial Services Complaints Resolution Scheme (FSCRS) have been scuttled, at least in...

The FPA will seek to recover almost $300,000 stolen by one of its former staff members, says chief executive Michael McKenna....

The Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation could gain a fur-ther stronghold in Australia under measures to be considered by the Financial Planning Association (FPA...

Australia's financial services watchdog has just handed down its vi-sion of how wrap accounts should be regulated. ...

1. Name: Suzanne Sutherland Smith ...