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Grandfathered commissions: Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 19 DEC 2018

... commissions. Grandfathered commissions do have at least one public proponent however, with the Association of Financial Advisers providing the only submission to the Royal Commission in favour of keeping the model. The association's submission was ...

Advice associations combine for code monitoring

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 18 DEC 2018

... participating in the agreement to-date include the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA); Association of Financial Advisers (AFA); Boutique Financial Planners (BFP); Financial Services Institute of Australasia (FINSIA); Self-Managed Super ...

FASEA to assess professional advice designations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 13 DEC 2018

... designation - such as the Financial Planning Association's Certified Financial Planner program or the Association of Financial Advisers' Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner course - are entitled to credit of up to two units of graduate diplomas. ...

FASEA exam is not fair: Spot poll

KARREN VERGARA | MONDAY, 3 DEC 2018

... minimum will be an approved AQF8-level graduate diploma of eight subjects. In response, the Association of Financial Advisers, the Financial Planning Association of Australia and the SMSF Association have all flagged FASEA's recognition of prior ...

FASEA listens as advice industry combs blueprint

DARREN SNYDER | TUESDAY, 20 NOV 2018

... tweaks. However, it's clear the authority is listening to its advice industry constituents. The Association of Financial Advisers, the Financial Planning Association of Australia and the SMSF Association have all flagged FASEA's recognition of prior ...

Apologies are over: Royal Commission looks to future

HARRISON WORLEY | MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018

... only one industry submission received by the commission disagreed with the banks. "Only the Association of Financial Advisers is wholly opposed to ending grandfathered commissions," she said.

Code of ethics still the main game: FPA

DARREN SNYDER | MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018

... monitoring body is the issue that needs "the most time and concentration." Recently the FPA and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), along with 10 other organisations, applied to ASIC to become a code monitoring body. Marshan said until now financial ...

ASIC bans Perth adviser

KANIKA SOOD | THURSDAY, 15 NOV 2018

... review of ASIC's decision. Wilson has a diploma of financial planning and was a member of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). He worked at Lifenet (WA) Financial Advice. Prior to this he had worked at Suncorp Group licence holder, GuardianFP ...

FPA fines Henderson $50k

KARREN VERGARA | WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2018

The Financial Planning Association of Australia slapped a $50,000 fine on former member Sam Henderson for breaching its professional code of conduct nine times. The FPA's independent disciplinary body, the Conduct Review Commission (CRC), determined ...

Gender diversity in advice dormant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018

... 22% of female advisers identify as members of the Financial Planning Association of Australia, Association of Financial Advisers or SMSF Association. The Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners has the lowest number of female members with ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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