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By understanding trends in the industry over the past 12 months, TOM COLLINS believes advisers can be better prepared for the challenges that will face them over the comi...

Financial planning

The Certified Financial Planner designation is about to undergo one of the biggest changes in its 23 year history. Stuart Engel reports on the struggle to wrestle the CFP...

Financial planning

A year as chairman of the FPA is a year full of activity. Indeed it is year full of activity, much of which is propelled by change. And it is change that has moved from t...

Financial planning

Life insurers will take a hit to the bottom line if the Financial Services Reform Bill survives the impasse between the Federal and State Governments....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will next month roll out an initiative to assist principal industry members in areas of compliance and professional standards....

Financial planning

Supplying the right financial services to each client is not always a simple task, especially when the client base numbers in the millions. Jason Spits looks at how the C...

Financial planning

Fiducian has unveiled ambitious plans to build one of Australia’s biggest financial planning groups....

Financial planning

APIR Systems has received a significant boost to extend its identification system to with a hefty capital injection from the ACT and Federal governments....

Financial planning

The Investor Group has opted for a single dealer’s licence as part of an ongoing drive to consolidate its financial planning groups. ...

Financial planning

The best way to find new planners is to look for young people who are well qualified and part the way through a CFP designation. ...

Financial planning

Financial services company the Investor Group has opted for a single dealer’s licence as part of an ongoing drive to consolidate a series of acquisitions of a number of f...

People & Products

Michael Cant has left Australian Casualty & Life (AC&L) to take up the newly created position as Colonial First State Australia head of strategic planning and corporate s...

Financial planning

Westpac Financial Services has completed the rollout of electronic education tools for its 550 financial planers....

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) banned a record 50 investment advisers in 1999/2000, compared to just 17 the year before....

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