The Association of Financial Advisers will use today's Ripoll Inquiry hearings to back Treasury warnings about unintended consequences flowing from changes to financial p...
The Paraplanner of the Year awards are once again upon us. Paraplanners can enter online as of today for this year's celebrity-themed awards....
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s submission to the Ripoll Inquiry has raised the stakes for the future of the financial planning industry but has al...
The Financial Planning Association has formerly rejected a claim in a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services that membersh...
FPA calls for a more informed debate on the merits of selecting different superannuation funds....
Is the financial services industry ready to embrace a different regulatory model in circumstances where ASIC has not lived up to the expectations of some? Mike Taylor rep...
Two interesting and welcome events occurred in the financial planning industry last week – the Financial Planning Association (FPA) agreed with the Association of Financi...
ROBERT KEAVNEY assesses the IFSA Charter on superannuation, and concludes it will lead to a fundamental change in corporate superannuation advice....
A Money Management round table of financial services industry chief executives has backed the concept of a co-regulatory model for the financial services industry....
Dealer groups are increasingly recruiting and training Certified Financial Planners (CFP) in an attempt to guard against possible breaches of regulation, with one in thre...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has renovated its Code of Professional Practice for the first time in years, bringing several of the FPA's codes and standards un...
In light of recent events, it is timely to reflect on who the Investment and Financial Services Association is actually representing....
The Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers are to join together to push regulatory reform of the financial services industry....
The VOA awards are designed to promote and define the value of professional advice....
Plan B suggests the financial services industry may need two sets of standards....
So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...