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Financial planning

New research suggests inadequate competency requirements leave planners struggling with ethics....

Financial planning

Financial planners are ending 2010 in reasonable shape, and while some are feeling uncertain about their prospects for the New Year, many are exercising caution rather th...

Financial planning

The University of New England has signed an articulation agreement with RG 146 training provider, Mentor Education Group, allowing Mentor graduates to knock up to 42 per ...

Financial planning

The Industry Super Network has produced a new document reinforcing its approach on annual opt-ins and an expansion of intra-fund advice....

Financial planning

The first meeting of the Government’s financial advice advisory panel was held in Sydney yesterday, but the panel members have been asked to keep the issues discuss...

Financial planning

Financial planners will be closely watching the discussion and debate surrounding the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms....

Financial planning

As the financial services industry prepares for a major legislative change, experts claim that platforms remain at the heart of the financial advice industry. ...

Editorial

Whatever ASIC says about its inaction over the collapse of Storm Financial, the FOFA reforms will not prevent history repeating itself, writes Mike Taylor....

Policy & Regulation

The lift in financial advice standards proposed by the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms is a step in the right direction, but it is not enough, according to Glob...

Financial planning

The Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has put the brakes on its proposed reforms for accountants practising as financial planners....

Financial planning

The Australian Bankers’ Association (ABA) has called on the Government to address the barriers to financial advice as part of its submission to the committee inquir...

Editorial

To be regarded as a serious profession, the industry must differentiate between properly qualified financial planners and those with lesser qualifications, writes Mike Ta...

Policy & Regulation

While Australia’s big wealth management firms are well placed to adjust to the FOFA reforms, the smaller players will struggle....

Financial planning

Financial planners should be licensed under the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) like any other industry that provides limited or other tax agent services, according to the ...

Editorial

Efficiency is key when it comes to choosing financial advice software, writes GEM Capital's Mark Draper....

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