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SPAA to lift professional standards

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 FEB 2011
More than 1,100 delegates are in Brisbane this week to attend the annual Self Managed Super Fund Professional's Association (SPAA) conference, a record turnout that highlights the growing importance of SMSFs in financial services. In his keynote address ...

AMP launches planning course

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
AMP takes the driver's seat on education by launching a new Diploma of Financial Services course. Offered through AMP Horizons Academy from January 2011, the new qualification level will boost AMP's training capability while offering education for those ...

Former planner taps need for online education

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
A former Securitor financial planner has started a new online financial planning educational website service that - barely three months since going live with their new Financial Knowledge Centre - has already caught the interest of various dealer groups ...

AFA unveils chartered fin practitioners

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers has named its first eight Fellows of Chartered Financial Practitioners (FChFP), an accreditation program that works like a 'mini-MBA' for advisers. In a press statement released this morning, the AFA announced AFA ...

MLC planning arms complete fee-for-service move

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 1 JUL 2010
After a four-year transition phase, three of MLC's financial planning businesses have moved to a fee-based model. The institution confirmed it had completed the process it started in 2006 to have MLC Financial Planning, Garvan Financial Planning and ...

AFA calls for top advisers

AFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
Financial planning groups have until end of July to hand in their nominations for the 2010 AFA Adviser of the Year Award and the 2010 Rising Star of the Year Award by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). The Adviser of the Year Award, sponsored ...

FPA board member resigns, airs governance concerns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
One of the founders of Matrix Planning Solutions has resigned from the Financial Planning Association (FPA) board due to concerns about the association's governance practices and its fixation on planner remuneration. Rob Pedersen, appointed to the FPA ...

IMCA adds five new directors

IMCA ANNOUNCEMENT  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JAN 2010
The Investment Management Consultants Association (IMCA) has added five new members to its board. The new members are: Brett Elvish, founder and director of Financial Viewpoint; Gareth Abley, head of asset consulting at MLC Implemented Consulting; Greg ...

Men behaving womanly

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2009
Men are living longer than they used to, thanks to women, and the narrowing of the mortality gap between both genders must be factored in any financial plan, said a demographics expert. Actuarial statistics on the mortality of the Australian population ...

AFA calls for more consultation on education

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) education consultation paper includes some "good ideas" and called for a truly consultative approach to developing education standards. Richard ...