Four years and 50 columns ago, TOM COLLINS first graced the pages of Money Management. Retracing his steps has led him to conclude that not too much has changed....
AT A RECENT Financial Planning Association (FPA) lunch held in Sydney, the head of the Australian Consumer Association (ACA) Louise Sylvan said the benchmark level of und...
As KATE KACHOR reports, planners are hitting the books like never before as they strive to become FSR compliant....
Who will pay for the costs of implementing the Financial Services Reform Act is a question that has been lost in the noise of the rollout of the Act. JASON SPITS examines...
THE RECENTLY launched Boutique Financial Planning Principal Group (BFPPG) has almost doubled its membership in its first month of existence since launching at the end of ...
The providers of margin lending products could be the next victims from the worsening crisis over professional indemnity insurance for financial planners....
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is approaching state Government’s throughout Australia with a string of proposals in an attempt to find a legislative solution to...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has recommended the early release of superannuation savings as a measure to encourage Australians to save for their retirement....
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has welcomed yesterday’s introduction of super choice legislation into the federal parliament, which will result in unlimited sup...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has suffered a set back in its attempt to take on the Australian Tax Office (ATO) over its decision to exclude financial planners...
The invitation reads like a round-up call, with enough cow and herd references to make you feel like your goin’ to a rodeo....
The chief executive of the Australian Consumer Association (ACA) Lousie Sylvan has criticised the financial planning industry for low levels of disclosure and for the fal...
The key to future financial planning groups will be selling the relationship, not what platforms the dealer group is using, says Strategic Consulting and Training managin...
The Financial Planning Association (FPA)will undertake five surveys in an ambitious move to gauge the state of the industry and its own place within it as the peak indust...
From an early age, Kevin Bailey knew he wanted to be involved in financial services. However, when you’re a teenager and there is no such occupation as a financial planne...
The succession dilemma is more than just a matter of commitments.This isn’t simply about younger vs. older advisers. It’...
Significant ethical issues there. If a relationship is in the process of breaking down then both parties are likely to b...
It's not licensees not putting them on, it's small businesses (that are licensed) that cannot afford to put them on. The...