Minister puts brakes on both legislative and regulatory amendments to FOFA but action is well received. ...

Several financial services industry bodies throw support behind FOFA amendments tabled in Parliament yesterday. ...

FPA chief executive Mark Rantall says planners still want clarity around the TASA requirements....

Close watchers of the financial services industry will have noted that for a period of about 18 months to the end of 2013 an informal truce seemed to exist between the FP...

Adviser associations support the creation of an adviser register but reject an exam as an inadequate measure of adviser competencies. ...

Free education campaign to prepare members for implementation of TASA...

The FPA has rebutted “rhetoric and scare-mongering” about best interests and consumer protection. ...

FPA planners receive 25 advice referrals from Cbus since start of new year....

Federal Government set to deliver pre-election promises with raft of proposed FOFA amendments including grandfathering and opt-in changes....

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will push for more realistic standards and reforms under the Tax Advisers Services Act (TASA) in the new year, including tax-dedu...

FPA gives research and marketing materials to FPSB members to promote CFP designation...

The FPA is continuing to pursue enshrinement of the term ‘financial planner/adviser’ amid Government consideration of FOFA changes....

The financial planning profession needs time to regroup before any further reform is explored, an industry body believes. ...

The need to build a growing and sustainable business has emerged as a key concern for financial planners who attended the Financial Planning Association’s professionals c...