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Industry body says criticisms of its new planner remuneration guidelines represent short-term thinking and "run counter to the best interests of planners, clients and the...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has differed with the FPA on the phasing out of commissions, claiming its position is more aligned with the interests of financial p...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has moved to take hold of the fees versus commissions agenda by producing a consultation paper which proposes a phase out of existing c...

Financial planning

Financial Planning Association chief says it's time to review the issue of remuneration in the financial services industry....

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Financial planning

Fundamental issues in the new consumer credit protection regime, such as the definition around 'responsible lending' requirements and the new external dispute resolution ...

Financial planning

MLC has reduced the size of its statement of advice (SOA) templates by 20 per cent, following up on a 68 per cent reduction in template size one year ago....

Financial planning

Inflows into ETFs reach $215 billion in 2008, global assets expected to reach US$2 trillion within two years....

Editorial

The Australian financial planning industry has a problem: levels of litigation relating to financial advice are rising and the reputation of the industry stands to be ser...

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Financial planning

In light of Storm Financial and the general market downturn, the industry faces key issues in relation to gearing, writes Dominic McCormick....

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Financial planning

Compliance and technical education alone does not make you a professional: FPA deputy CEO....

Financial planning

Challenging economic environment fails to dampen demand for CFP program places, according to FPA....

Financial planning

Outcomes are sometimes more emotional and misleading....

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Financial planning

Moves to plug the awareness gap about financial planning among university students....

Editorial

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has not made a good start to 2009....

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Financial planning

Recommendation 'integral' to retirement system....

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