FINANCIAL PLANNING INDUSTRY

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) attempt to set up its own in house professional indemnity (PI) insurance scheme for members has suffered a setback as a result ...

Financial planning

Following its recent damning report into the planning industry, ASIC is pledging to come down hard on wayward planning groups, but some say the watchdog is overstepping t...

Financial planning

The recent ACA/ASIC survey was particularly scathing of the quality of financial planning advice provided by large distributors. George Liondis investigates....

Financial planning

The issue of ownership is back on the agenda after recent industry surveys but, as Jason Spits reports, the more things change, the more they stay the same....

Financial planning

The findings of the Australian Consumers’ Association (ACA) report came as no great surprise to Money Management’s regular columnists....

Financial planning

Australia’s chief standards setting organisation, Standards Australia, has weighed into the debate about the quality of financial planning advice by revealing plans to de...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has imposed an additional condition to the dealers’ licence of Lifespan Financial Planning following concerns ...

Financial planning

The financial planning industry is expecting a rush of applications for licenses under the new Financial Services Reform Act (FSRA) after the announcement of special capi...

Financial planning

The Federal Government has rebuffed calls by the Australian Consumers Association (ACA) for superannuation choice legislation to be delayed in the wake of the release of ...

Financial planning

Financial services education provider, IntegraTec, has released the latest in its series of financial planning training courses, calling for a greater concentration on co...

Financial planning

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has continued with its crackdown on the financial planning industry, permanently banning two more people from ...

Editorial

In the past 12 months Singapore’s financial services industry has begun to swell as Australian groups spread their wings into Asia. As Kate Kachor reports, Singapore is n...

Financial planning

Confucius once said: “May you live in interesting times”. Ray Miles says he must have been talking about Financial Services in 2002....

Financial planning

The former managing director of Morningstar Australia, Graham Rich, has formed a new association for dealer group and master trust researchers....

Financial planning

It may seem strange to unpack your bags at an Australian Financial Planning Association (FPA) annual convention only to hear that most of the keynote speakers will be for...

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