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Dealer groups are continuing to support calls for a unified industry voice despite concerns about how a potential merger between the FPA and the AFA would work....
Financial planning
Key bodies representing the financial services industry have broadly welcomed the Rudd Government's plans to overhaul the financial advice industry, but there are some ca...
Editorial
The debate about financial advice commissions has moved onto insurance products....
Editorial
The old debate pitting institutions against boutique operators has reared its head once again. ...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association’s hunt for a new chief executive appears to be nearing the final stages....
Financial planning
Professional Investment Services (PIS) has joined the growing list of dealer groups that have committed to remove the commission payments that product providers make to f...
Financial planning
The outgoing chief executive of the Financial Planning Association, Jo-Anne Bloch, has criticised the three government reviews as a "hodgepodge" of issues and pointed to ...
Financial planning
The FPA has gained membership ground after a loss in numbers during the 2008-09 financial year....
Editorial
If the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers are to merge they will have to work through many divisive issues....
Financial planning
The FPA is set to release a set of guidelines and tools to help members through the transition to a fee-based model....
Life/Risk
ISN's David Whiteley argues the FPA's stance on insurance commissions is proof that the industry can’t self-regulate, with commissions leading to unnecessarily inflated i...
Life/Risk
The FPA Board has re-stated its belief that commission payments to advisers on the sale of insurance products should continue, saying a shift to fee-for-service in this a...
Financial planning
The FPA is addressing concerns that uncertainty about the Tax Agents Services Act 2009 - which is intended to govern and raise the standards of the provision of tax agent...
Financial planning
Adviser-owned dealer group Matrix Planning Solutions has argued it's time for the FPA and the AFA to become one entity....
Financial planning
Consumers, as well as FPA members, will soon be able to access a 'name and shame' register of banned members....
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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...