ASSOCIATION OF FINANCIAL ADVISERS
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association is set to take the next steps in transitioning from an industry organisation to a professional association....
Financial planning
The Financial Services Council has urged the industry to adopt a common agenda to deal with the new dynamic in Canberra....
Financial planning
While the results of the Federal Election have finally been decided, the future of Labor's proposed changes to financial advice and superannuation remain uncertain. Lucin...
Financial planning
Securitor is looking to acquire advice practices that are shifting towards a fee for advice structure, regardless of their business model or current remuneration structur...
Life/Risk
Mike Taylor leads a roundtable discussion about the challenges facing the insurance industry. Topics covered include underinsurance, reaching younger consumers and advise...
Financial planning
More women are emerging as both investors and financial services professionals in what has largely been perceived as a male-dominated environment, according to industry h...
Financial planning
Financial planning industry bodies must be careful taking sides during the election campaign - but at the same time they must continue stating their positions, writes Mik...
Financial planning
ANZ-owned dealer group Millennium3 Financial Services has withdrawn its principal membership of the Financial Planning Association....
Financial planning
Advisers hoping to specialise in a niche market need to involve themselves in their clients' professional environments, and preferably build a profile in those communitie...
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced the names of its first Fellows of Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP)....
Financial planning
Professional Investment Holdings' subsidiary company, Associated Advisory Practices, is growing not only in scale, but also in influence among the independent advisory fo...
Editorial
Robert Keavney discusses platform commissions, proposals to merge the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers, intra fund advice, and pro...
Financial planning
The make-up of the board of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is not adequately representative of practising financial planners, according to recently resigned FPA...
Financial planning
The Government has seriously misread the major issues relating to financial advice, according to the chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Richa...
Life/Risk
The Federal Opposition is reserving judgement on the Cooper Review recommendation to ban insurance commissions while the financial planning sector battles it out with the...
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The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...