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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has strongly opposed Treasury inclinations towards the creation of a passive “MyRetirement” regime similar to MySuper....

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Financial planning

The FPA has exempted CIMA certificants from the CFP program and offered them an accelerated path to CFP certification....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is urging that new external dispute resolution arrangements insulate third-party planners from the misdeeds of licensees....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association and the Cancer Council have launched a pro bono financial advice project to help cancer patients when they most need it....

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Financial planning

Advice practices that implement the new professional and ethical standards and improve financial advice standards could eventually have to pay less levy to fund ASIC. ...

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Financial planning

The new education standards for financial planners may have been legislated but advisers were still uncertain over the specific details around the framework. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is arguing for professional associations to be embedded in the breach reporting regime under a co-regulatory approach....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association’s bid to become a code-monitoring body has taken another step with the appointment of two senior lawyers to oversee its Conduct Review ...

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Editorial

ASIC is taking a close look at the sale of life insurance direct to consumers and Mike Taylor writes that the regulator’s findings may significantly alter the commercial ...

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Accounting

The national standards and codes of ethics setter for accounting bodies is asking for feedback on consultation for the standard that covers accountants providing financia...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Financial Executive Women have today announced a partnership to advance the progression of female planners....

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Financial planning

The FPA has used its pre-budget submission to once again push for initial financial plans and ongoing management fees to be made tax deductible....

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Financial planning

Financial services consumers would be better protected if the regulators could better target product manufacturers, according to the FPA....

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Editorial

If insurers were made to drop underwriting policies at the time of claim could they accept the accompanying commercial pain?...

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Features

The Australian life/risk sector is facing a fundamental reshaping as advisers move beyond the LIF and banks consider their return on investment, Mike Taylor finds....

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