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FPA rejects FSC adviser regulation plans

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... Advice Competency Standards Board (ACSB), to oversee the development of competency standards, adviser education and the register of advisers. The proposed board would include representatives from industry participants such as the Australian Securities ...

The ECB can't make the horse drink

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
Just a few percentage points are all it took for the Australian equity market to get into what the financial presses call the "Beijing bounce". Two percentage points above the previous month and five percentage points more than consensus expectations ...

ASIC: Beware fake forex website

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
ASIC has warned consumers to be wary of a fake website promoting foreign exchange broker, First Forex. First Forex and related entities Fifx and FiFX Global promote their services at www.fifx.com and falsely claim that their services are 'under the ...

NAB prepares contingency plan if Scots vote 'Yes'

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2014
National Australian Bank will seek to register its subsidiary Clydesdale Bank as an English company should Scotland vote to become an independent nation. NAB Group chief executive Andrew Thorburn said that in the case of a 'yes' vote, registration of ...

Institutions' bid to raise adviser education not genuine: FSU

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... regular reviews and renewals of qualifications and capacity to practice. The FSU is also supportive of creating a national register of financial advisers

SEC adviser exams could cost US$310m

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
A US study has found that improved investment adviser examination requirements could cost their funds industry US$310 million. Training consultant 'RIA in a Box' released its analysis last week following sentiment that a Bill before Congress to 'user ...

Ties between product and advice "archaic": FPA

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... said the it would provide supplementary submission on education standards for advisers, as well as the proposal for a register of financial advisers, as this material is being developed in conjunction with current consultations with the Parliamentary ...

Higher adviser education should kick off on 2018: FPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... all financial planners are members of a professional association, when all financial planners are listed on a public register, when more financial planners carry the world class CFP [Certified Financial Planner] designation, we are in a better position ...

Body needed to monitor adviser competency: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
... Services Council (FSC). The new body would oversee the development of competency standards, adviser education and the register of advisers, the FSC proposed in its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI). The board should include representatives ...

Aligned licensees could be renamed "restricted advice" groups

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 AUG 2014
... activity." The regulator also highlighted the need to raise adviser's minimum education requirements, to create a national register of financial advisers and to establish a national examination for planners providing personal or holistic advice.