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Licensees should not be chasing financial advisers on CPD, when they are going to sit the exam, or education, as that is not a hallmark of a recognised profession, accord...
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It has been three years since the Royal Commission but, Chris Dastoor writes, financial advisers are still being held in poor light by politicians despite a low level of ...
Financial planning
Industry associations have welcomed the one-off exam measure but would have liked the extension to have included those who had experienced significant events that had pre...
Financial planning
The introduction of the single disciplinary body as part of the Better Advice Bill will lift standards as it will be individual advisers who have to register themselves a...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has been selected by the Government to run a $1.5 million scholarship programme to encourage and assist women to enter fin...
Financial planning
To avoid any uncertainty over the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority exam scheduling next year, advisers should only take the ‘career break’ option as a las...
Expert Analysis
It has almost been a year since the FPA policy platform was launched and there has been significant progress on a number of fronts, Dante De Gori writes....
Life/Risk
Life insurers are not yet out of the woods on disability income insurance and should remain under scrutiny by the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority, according to...
Financial planning
The Government and Treasury should seek to avoid repeating the FASEA mistakes by using the establishment of a Single Disciplinary Body to reduce regulatory costs. ...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association is pushing for the current adviser authorisations issued by licensees to be morphed into professional registrations under the new singl...
Financial planning
The Financial Planning Association has pointed to the winding up of FASEA and a cap on Australian Securities and Investments Commission spending as being positives from t...
Financial planning
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission was never really empowered to seriously change the status of ‘general advice’ when Government reviews were on foot....
Financial planning
The corporate regulator’s decision to ignore the problem with the term ‘general advice’ will continue to confuse consumers, according to the Financial Planning Associatio...
Financial planning
Financial advisers distrust the Australian Financial Complaints Authority because it is perceived to have ‘coached’ complainants and Treasury is being urged to investigat...
Financial planning
The major financial planning representative groups have met informally to discuss the direction of policy amid the Australia Securities and Investments Commission’s conti...
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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...