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Financial planning

How CIFAA will differentiate itself for independent advisers

The newly-announced Certified Independent Financial Advisers Association believes it will be better aligned with the interests of independent advisers because it is low c...

Financial planning

Most advisers to declare 'not independent'

Only 2% of advisers and advice firms can label themselves as “independent’, meaning most will be subject to the new Financial Services Guides disclosure obligations....

Financial planning

Planning/accounting convergence predicted in post-RC world

A new whitepaper has predicted a further important convergence between accounting and planning as the exit of the banks and the impacts of the Financial Adviser Standards...