There was support for increased standards in the financial advice industry, Chris Dastoor writes, but any goodwill was destroyed by FASEA in just a few years. Where did i...

Melbourne-based financial planner Renato Manias has received the award which is given out each semester to the best-performing student in the CFP certification program....

The Financial Planning Association has told the Australian Securities and Investments Commission the same reference checking protocols that apply to financial advisers sh...

Although the removal of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority is a huge victory for many in the industry who spent the last few years fighting for reform, ...

The Federal Government has made at least some concessions to financial advisers with new legislation at least simplifying some elements of fee disclosure while making cle...

The FPA is on a recruitment drive among former members and new members with whom it has had contact offering a discount of $506 for those wanting to become Associate Memb...

The Financial Planning Association is pointing to the proposed Single Disciplinary Body as the answer for delivering greater regulatory simplicity for financial tax advis...

WA-based HPH Solutions has picked up two awards, as the annually presented award reaches its eighth year. ...

The volume of regulatory change means it is becoming impossible to do business as a financial planner using old technology and old ways of operation, according to the Fin...

With the average cost of a statement of advice having risen to around $2,700 the Financial Planning Association says it’s time to peel back the layers of regulation imped...

The Government wants financial advice to be made more affordable and a Financial Services Council has canvassed easier scaled advice, technology and less red tape as bein...

Regulatory reform, technology and some form of subsidisation are needed to fix advice, according to the FPA chief executive....

Mike Taylor writes that less than 12 months out from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s review of the Life Insurance Framework, the Australian life in...

A member of a key Parliamentary Committee has queried whether financial planners are too afraid to challenge the Australian Securities and Investments Commission because ...