Jassmyn Goh finds out what the industry’s concerns and expectations are relating to the new professional standards regime....
When the Government initially announced the professional standards bill, one of the biggest concerns was whether there would be an early retirement exodus of late-career ...
The FPA has fined financial adviser, Darren Tindall $16,000 in addition to over $12,000 in costs and expenses for misleading and deceptive conduct....
ASIC has banned Roan Financial Group’s Darren Tindall from providing financial services for five years after the FPA received a complaint against him for dishonest conduc...
The Financial Planning Association wants the Government to ensure planner/client relationships carry the same legal privilege as lawyer/client relationships....
An expulsion from the FPA is proof of the organisation’s willingness to enforce its code of conduct, according to FPA chief executive, Dante De Gori....
The Financial Planning Association says competition between life insurers themselves cannot be ignored as a contributor to consumers making policy changes....
The Tax Practitioners Board has recognised the FPA’s Certified Financial Planner qualification as an approved course in Australian Tax Law....
Melbourne-based CFP, Kathy Havers has been recognised by the FPA for her tireless community service and philanthropy. ...
Advisers are moving towards strategic advice as opposed to investment type services and they are particularly interested in the aged care side, according to Aged Care Ste...
The Financial Planning Association has announced the winners from the 2016 FPA Awards....
The financial services industry is facing another year of uncertainty but there will be opportunities for it to become the master of its own destiny....
Malavika Santhebennur writes that many policy issues that beleaguered the financial services sector in 2015 remained in 2016, and would continue into 2017....
Industry associations have welcomed the Federal Government’s introduction of the bill to mandate higher education and professional standards for advisers....
Existing planners continued to express uncertainty over course requirements under the new professional standards with the establishment of the standards setting body at l...
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,...