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Financial planning

To look back over the past ten years of the FPA’s National Convention is to take a history lesson in the development of the financial planning industry....

Superannuation

Superannuation is not the sole answer to the issues surrounding Australia’s retirement incomes policy according to ING Financial Planning’s technical strategy manager Lou...

Financial planning

In his first year at the helm of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), Ken Breakspear’s focus has been both on the home front as well as on the big picture issues. ...

Financial planning

The official unveiling of Compound Investments at this year’s Financial Planning Association (FPA)annual convention will be one of the industry’s lesser guarded secrets....

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has not ruled out a possible increase in membership fees in line with its proposal to modify the association’s membership structu...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has finalised an agreement to sell its professional education program to the burgeoning Indian planning industry....

Editorial

Count Financial will push ahead with dramatic expansion plans, including the launch of a new dealer group, despite reporting a lower than expected profit at its first eve...

Financial planning

The Howard Government has been urged to reconsider the state of retirement savings after being returned for a third term in office at the weekend’s election....

Financial planning

Coming to grips with the Financial Services Reform (FSR) Act is crucial for those providing education within financial services according to Australian Securities and Inv...

Superannuation

It is with anticipation and some trepidation that the financial services industry greets the upcoming election as both parties have pushed superannuation onto the electio...

Superannuation

This week, Ramani (SG) Venkatramani, the general manager of APRA’s diversified institutions division, will fly to a conference of worldwide pensions industry representati...

Superannuation

The Coalition government has earned only a tentative endorsement from the Financial Planning Association (FPA) following the release of its much anticipated superannuatio...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has re-signed a number of Board members up for re-election after serving their two year terms....

Financial planning

Risk profiling group ProQuest is close to signing deals with four financial services groups in moves that will expand its Australian presence as well as launching its bra...

Financial planning

Risk profiling group ProQuest is close to signing deals with four financial services groups in moves that will expand its Australian presence as well as launching its bra...

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