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Industry representatives have welcomed the appointment of Chris Bowen to the Financial Services portfolio while paying tribute to the efforts of Senator Nick Sherry, who ...

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Financial planning

Genesys Wealth Advisers significantly adds to funds raised with a $65,000 donation....

Financial planning

Industry perceived as "you're all bad, you're all crooked and you all have conflicts of interest": Koromilas....

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Financial planning

FPA running seminars promoting the value of financial advice....

Financial planning

Dispute over newspaper advertisements settled on private terms following unreserved apology....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is to provide free financial advice online for one month, beginning with the launch of its Financial Planning Week on May 25....

Financial planning

FPA says changes will result in increased costs for consumers, NIBA welcomes limits to compensation payouts....

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Financial planning

The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services is undertaking an inquiry, the terms of reference of which include the role and remuneration of f...

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Editorial

The move by the Association of Financial Advisers to not support the Financial Planning Association’s proposal to transition away from commissions-based financial advice ...

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Financial planning

The FPA has expressed disappointment that the Government has used superannuation to fund some Budget initiatives and has warned that tinkering would undermine confidence ...

Life/Risk

The national broking group wants to strengthen its life insurance offerings in its 28 branches by recruiting FPA and AFA members to service its existing business client b...

Financial planning

The Financial Ombudsman Service has launched a Financial Planning Advisory Committee with the mandate to advise the ombudsman on all issues affecting financial service pr...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association is a key industry body, but it’s time for it to evolve into a greater force, writes RAY GRIFFIN....

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Editorial

It would have come as no surprise to the chief executive of the Financial Planning Association, Jo-Anne Bloch, that she was subject to some stern questioning from the flo...

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Financial planning

But a leading industry educator says any difficulties with financial advisers are related to commission arrangements and supervision, not education....

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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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ASIC has suspended the Australian Financial Services Licence of a Melbourne-based financial advice firm....

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The corporate regulator has issued infringement notices to three AFSLs whose financial advisers provided personal advice to a retail client while unregistered....

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ASIC has released the results of its first adviser exam to be held in 2025, with 241 candidates attempting the test....

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