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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association of Australia would like the next Parliament to prioritise the CSLR, education requirements, ASIC’s funding model, ‘finfluencers’ regula...

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Financial planning

The solution to the complex and time-consuming Statements of Advice (SoA) lies somewhere between a one-page letter, as prescribed for accountants, and what exists today, ...

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People & Products

David Sharpe will become chair of the Financial Planning Association of Australia, taking over from Marisa Broome who has been chair for over three years....

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association of Australia has welcomed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s clamping down on the use of finfluencers....

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Financial planning

The lack of major changes for financial planners are a “reasonably positive” development, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia, while technology m...

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Financial planning

The Government has been accused of ‘cherry-picking’ issues for the Quality of Advice Review following the publication of its terms of reference while financial advisers ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association of Australia has welcomed the announcement by the Australian Financial Complaints Authority about proposed changes to its funding model...

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Financial planning

Financial planning remains a male-dominated industry and women are held back by fear from making job moves to senior appointments....

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Features

The latest proposal suggested by the financial advice industry is to move to one focused on principle-based legislation and for changes to the Corporations Act, writes La...

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Financial planning

A merger between Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Association of Australia is “not off the table” but will be driven by their members’ demands....

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Financial planning

Renaming ‘general advice’ and revising the test for a sophisticated investors are among changes proposed by the Financial Planning Association of Australia to ease the bu...

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Financial planning

Following months of discussion and consultation, Treasury has released its final report into the Retirement Income Covenant, stating it is confident superannuation truste...

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Accounting

Having completed their educational qualifications, those advisers who remain in the industry are reporting being “run off their feet” with new clients....

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Financial planning

There needs to be mechanisms in place to encourage Australians to understand investment risks they are taking and to consider other forms of protection, industry associat...

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Financial planning

Financial advisers can use 2022 as a year of opportunity to build and make their business more efficient given there will be no major regulatory changes over the next yea...

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