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Financial planning

The FPA’s wellbeing hotline has not seen as much uptake as expected but there has been plenty of concern expressed by advisers about handling the Financial Adviser Standa...

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Financial planning

The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority has extended recognition of the course value of the Financial Planning Association’s Certified Financial Planner desi...

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Features

Mike Taylor writes that the Australian financial advice industry is embarking on a transition which will be completed in 2024 with the result that it will be very differe...

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Financial planning

Members will be given discounts between 10 to 15 per cent across five institutions....

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Policy & Regulation

A total of 53 current bachelor or higher degrees, 66 historical courses and 30 bridging courses are now part of FASEA’s accreditation....

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Financial planning

Data from the FPA shows an overwhelming majority of Gen Y and Gen Z would be interested in spending more time with a financial planner....

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Financial planning

Australians spend $19.8 billion each year buying presents for friends, family and even their pets according to research for this week’s Financial Planning Week. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association, Association of Financial Advisers and other professional association backers will today lodge a formal application with ASIC to operat...

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Policy & Regulation

The number of complaints received about individual firms should be available to financial services customers, according to the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trus...

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Policy & Regulation

Unscrupulous employers who use their employees’ salary sacrifice superannuation contribution to reduce their superannuation guarantee obligations should be stopped, accor...

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Financial planning

The AMP Financial Planners Association has signalled it will be pursuing the company over how it induced planners into debt funded by its own bank....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has warned the Australian Securities and Investments Commission of the significant problem associated with allowing complaints against ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has warned the Australian Securities and Investments Commission to be mindful of how product manufacturers may seek to recoup costs whe...

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Financial planning

The Government has imposed the administrative burden of redistributing grandfathered remuneration on product issuers rather than onto financial advisers or licensees....

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Financial planning

US media reports have questioned the conduct of the board which runs the Certified Financial Planner designation over its alleged failure to detail the criminal and regul...

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