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ASIC admits Commonwealth FP investigation was "not adequate"

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
Communication with the whistleblowers who revealed poor practices within the Commonwealth Bank Financial Planning (CFP) unit was inadequate the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has admitted. ASIC recently submitted a 18-page document ...

FPA reiterates need for professional qualifications

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2013
... raising the bar for financial planning and our quest to turn financial planning into a respected profession in Australia. Our CFP professional members already hold the highest standards globally. This new reform will ensure that all members hold some ...

CFP ranks to top 150,000 in 2013

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
... Board (FPSB), owner of the international Certified Financial Planner certification program, reported that the global number of CFP professionals jumped from 139,818 at year-end 2011 to 147,822 12 months later. At the top of the international CFP professional ...

FPA awards Australia's best financial planners

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... Financial Planner Professional Best Practice award. Tate-Lovery has contributed to the FPA Transition to Fees Taskforce, the FPA CFP Curriculum Taskforce: Ethics, Professionalism and Compliance and was a panel judge for three years for the FPA's Value ...

Professional membership sees advisers paid more

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... Investment Trends' research also suggests that higher education standards equal more money, with Certified Financial Planners (CFP) earning 25% more than advisers without the qualification. The CFP designation is the highest level of certification that ...

Another Commonwealth Financial Planning adviser banned

BEN COLLINS  |  MONDAY, 12 NOV 2012
ASIC has permanently banned a former Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited financial planner from providing any financial services after it found he forged client signatures and failed to comply with financial services laws. Ricky David Gillespie ...

Commonwealth FP adviser banned

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 5 JUN 2012
Australian Securities & Investments Commission has accepted an enforceable undertaking from former Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFPL) employee, Joe Chan, after he was found to have failed to meet adviser obligations. Australian Securities ...

CFP adviser offers ASIC EU

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 5 APR 2012
... should he decide to re-enter the financial services industry. ASIC's investigation into the conduct of several other former CFP advisers is continuing. On October 25 2011, ASIC accepted an EU from CFPL requiring them to conduct a comprehensive review ...

Details still needed on opt-in: ANZ Wealth

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... business model report showed only 18% of planners did not belong to a professional organisation, with 41% saying they were a CFP member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA). 88% of planners surveyed also said they were in favour of restricting ...

AAT confirms ASIC planner ban

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 16 MAR 2012
... with financial services laws during his time as an authorised representative for Commonwealth Financial Planning Limited (CFP) between October 2003 and July 2009. These breaches included failure to have a reasonable basis for advice, failure to provide ...