The Federal Treasury has told the Royal Commission that industry self-regulation may fall short if industry codes of practice are neither uniform nor unenforceable....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission was left with little discretion around the future of Dover Financial Services with the licensee exercising its right ...
Questions are being asked around why the financial planning community is being blamed when the Government has done little about legacy products in nearly two decades....
The Financial Planning Association has acknowledged that obtaining and then maintaining financial planner code-monitoring status represents a substantial and expensive ch...
Mike Taylor writes that for the major financial planning organisations the future resides in looking beyond the Royal Commission and reaping the benefits which flow from ...
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has signalled that planner bodies will have to put aside their fear of losing members if they are to succeed as co-re...
The Financial Planning Association has told the Royal Commission that grandfathered commission arrangements should be phased out over the next three years....
The Financial Planning Association and other industry groups have warned that many people will need advice to navigate the Government’s Budget changes....
The Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry has already canvassed a tougher and more effective regulatory and lice...
The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers are scheduled to appear before the Royal Commission today with the focus expected to be on ho...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has found that approximately 60 per cent of its members are degree-qualified, compared to 35 per cent industry-wide....
The Financial Planning Association has announced Sharon Taylor’s appointment as chair of the Financial Planning Education Council, following Mark Brimble’s departure in F...
The Financial Planning Association has unsurprisingly had an overwhelming response to its questionnaire on adviser education reforms, with 1,700 members airing their worr...
The Financial Planning Association has urged its members to voice their concerns about the latest Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority position so they can be...
The Financial Planning Association has told the Productivity Commission that product manufacturers should no longer enjoy the licensing exemption which allows them to giv...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....
It’s astonishing to see the FAAA now pushing for more advisers by courting "career changers" and international recruits,...