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AFA wants legislation to reflect that there is no difference between planners and advisers....

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While the gender balance of the executive ranks and company boards of financial services companies remain decidedly slanted, a growing number of women are breaking new gr...

Financial planning

Financial planners who fail to report suspicious client activity can wind up facing prosecution down the track, according to Minter Ellison partner Richard Batten....

Financial planning

If a financial planner dies without a succession plan in place, their spouse is vulnerable to ‘firesale’ offers to buy the practice, according to Pavuk Legal executive pr...

Financial planning

The major industry bodies have welcomed the introduction of legislation into Parliament that will enshrine the terms ‘financial planner’ and ‘financial adviser’ in law....

Financial planning

The Government has tabled legislation in Parliament that will define in law the terms ‘financial planner’ and ‘financial adviser’....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association has launched an advertising campaign to remind planners that, from 1 July 2013, new members will have to hold an approved degree if the...

Financial planning

For clients to be fully engaged with their financial affairs they must have enough knowledge to understand what’s happening and why, says business mentor Dean Lombardo....

Financial planning

While the 'hard' implementation date for the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) regulation is 1 July 2013, one financial planner has been voluntarily complying with the re...

Financial planning

Should ‘financial planner’ and ‘financial adviser’ be synonymous in the eyes of law?...

Financial planning

Many financial advisers are talking the talk when it comes to estate planning, but will they walk the walk? Tim Stewart reports that estate planning needs to be more than...

Financial planning

It used to be poor perception, but new research suggests the reasons for low take-up of financial advice are changing....

Financial planning

FPA chief executive Mark Rantall counters Federal Opposition doubts by arguing there is a genuine need to enshrine the term 'financial planner/adviser' in law....

Financial planning

The Shadow Assistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann, confirms he remains to be convinced on the need to legally restrict use of the term 'financial planner/adviser'....

Financial planning

Financial planners can fast-track training to write home loans because of their existing qualifications, according to Australian Capital Home Loans (ACHL)....

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