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The FOFA fee disclosure requirements seem to have confused as many clients as they have informed....
Superannuation
Only two in five Australians currently receive qualified financial advice, according to a recent survey conducted by the Financial Planning Association....
Editorial
Just days will separate two key conferences aimed at financial planners and advisers next month, but Mike Taylor writes that success or failure will not be judged solely ...
Financial planning
ASIC has acknowledged an Abbott Federal Government’s intended amendments to FOFA but will not be altering its approach until they become law....
Financial planning
The FPA’s Ask an Expert initiative received more than 90 requests this year, which points to a stronger-than-ever need for financial advice, the association says....
Financial planning
ASIC’s senior executive leader Ged Fitzpatrick has defended the role of fast-tracked pre-election regulatory change in the wake of RG148....
Financial planning
The major planning organisations expect the newly-elected Coalition Government to deliver on the promised changes to FOFA....
Life/Risk
Australian consumers are more engaged with life insurance than ever before, which could be the cause of increased lapse rates, according to chief executive officer of TAL...
Financial planning
Incumbent FPA board member Peter O’Toole calls for the re-election of the FPA board and an end to bickering among the various categories of planners....
Financial planning
Following calls by the FPA for industry to work together in raising awareness around the benefits of financial advice, both ASIC and the FOS have given their support to F...
Financial planning
The FPA has kicked off its financial planning week, which will allow consumers to get free financial advice from its members....
Financial planning
Education provider confident licensees can choose quality training without regulator oversight....
Financial planning
An Investment Trends survey conducted two months before FOFA came into effect revealed only 23 per cent of financial planners felt ready....
Editorial
There were some raised eyebrows when Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden announced his organisation would be developing policy with the Industry Super...
Financial planning
FPA is set to launch the Financial Planning Week later this month, which will see members provide pro-bono advice to unadvised consumers....
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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,...