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Kaplan Professional has announced a second round of its Women in Finance scholarships, offering 10 scholarships funded by the Financial Planning Association of Australia....

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Financial planning

In a bid to achieve a cheaper professional indemnity insurance, some licensees are opting for policies with high deductibles which may leave them unable to compensate con...

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Financial planning

Five issues have been highlighted by the financial advice organisations as priorities for the Quality of Advice Review to improve....

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Financial planning

All financial advice should be tax-deductible to improve the advice gap, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia’s submission to the Quality of Advic...

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Financial planning

The Australian financial advice industry needs to demonstrate to overseas insurers that it has improved as firms are expressing concern about insuring advisers or large d...

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Financial planning

Advisers are being “left in limbo” by the lack of confirmation of the experience pathway with FPA chief executive, Sarah Abood, expecting to see certain constraints added...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association of Australia is “very, very hopeful” that it will be able to achieve success in the Quality of Advice review by making a joint submissi...

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Policy & Regulation

Organisations have welcomed the Albanese Labor government and the appointment of Stephen Jones as minister for financial services with hopes for a focus on education and ...

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Financial planning

Templeton (Aust) Financial Services is aiming to start a new program in schools to help students engage with their finances and encourage them to consider financial plann...

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Features

New legislation that aims to improve the living standards of millions of Australians in retirement falls squarely onto the shoulders of wealth advisers and trustees, writ...

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Financial planning

In an exclusive interview, David Sharpe, believes advisers should be able to use their judgement to give simple advice without fear of regulatory backlash if the advice g...

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Financial planning

Organisations have welcomed the election of Anthony Albanese as the next Prime Minister with the hope he will provide greater certainty for advisers after legislative cha...

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Features

Alexandra Cain writes that the outcome of the Federal election could have an effect on funding of the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort....

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People & Products

Former chief executive of the Financial Planning Association of Australia, Dante De Gori, has taken up a new position. ...

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Features

The industry watchdog has been forced to step in and mandate changes to disability income insurance in a move designed to protect consumers, writes Nina Hendy. ...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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increased professionalism within the industry - shouldn't that say, FAR register almost halving in the last 24 months he...

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Insignia Financial has made four appointments, including three who have joined from TAL, to lead strategy and innovation in its retirement solutions for the MLC brand....

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