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Financial planning

The Financial Services Council (FSC) is already emerging as a beneficiary of the Financial Planning Association's (FPA's) drive to become a professional association, with...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has issued a how-to-vote card with CEO, Mark Rantall, describing the upcoming ballot as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the ...

Editorial

The Financial Planning Association has outlined a radical agenda in its attempt to evolve into a professional association but, as Mike Taylor reports, the ultimate transf...

Financial planning

Student membership numbers up but practitioner numbers down in what outgoing Chair Julie Berry acknowledges as a period of growing pains for both the industry and its pea...

Financial planning

FPA board candidates query use of “independent assessments” on ballot papers....

Financial planning

FPA Confidential has resulted in 12 formal investigations since it was launched in February....

Financial planning

Research conducted by Investment Trends on behalf of the FPA has found consumers would rather speak to a financial planner than their super fund for advice....

People & Products

Former Godfrey Pembroke executive Mark Rantall named as new FPA CEO....

Financial planning

Complaints to the Financial Planning Association for the first quarter of 2010 have centred on planners switching a client's super funds or completing loan applications o...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association's (FPA’s) Job Board attracted over 1,500 visitors in one week, demonstrating the need for such a portal, said FPA chief executive Jo-An...

Financial planning

With the industry coming to the end of a particularly challenging period, financial planners have good reason to be optimistic, writes Jo-Anne Bloch....

Financial planning

The FPA remains Australia’s dominant industry body for financial planners, but in the contest for members it is the AFA that has experienced the greatest migration of mem...

Financial planning

Ripoll Inquiry report airs FPA Board disagreements....

Financial planning

FPA Board endorses commissions shift....

Financial planning

The spotlight on fees and commissions may soon be transferred from financial planners to product providers as a result of a review of the joint Investment and Financial S...

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5 months 3 weeks ago

Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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The RBA has handed down its much-anticipated rate decision, following widespread expectations of a close call....

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Despite the financial adviser exam being rooted in ethics, two professional year advisers believe the lack of support and transparency from the regulator around the exam ...

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ASIC has banned two advisers from the same advice firm for giving clients inappropriate superannuation advice that was not in their best interests. ...

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