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Assistant Treasurer to consult with financial advice stakeholders

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 20 FEB 2015
... the qualifications and competence of financial advisers, and to enhance the financial advice industry's professional standards and ethics." To that end, he continued, the government would support a "co-regulatory model" where it, professional associations ...

FSI proposal to ban LRBAs "draconian"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2015
... transition from accumulation to retirement phase," Anderson said. The FSI recommendation to lift advice professional standards was welcomed by Anderson, but he added that any changes will need to clarify the requirements for current advisers. He also ...

SMSF sector enters next phase

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 FEB 2015
... the trend is changing," the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said. He attributed the shift to the fact that many more people are retiring now and predicted that in five ...

AFA GenXt roadshow connects knowledge and performance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... and insight. The theme of this year's roadshows is connecting knowledge with performance "Education and professional standards are at an inflection point. GenXt has a heritage of not only academic, technical and formal education but also developing how ...

FPA sets sights on lifting professional standards

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
Education and professional standards must be raised if the quality of advice across the financial planning industry is to be consistent, according to Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall. The industry body has labelled 2015 ...

AFA announces record enrolments for new curriculum

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
... curriculum has been "totally rebuilt" to target the Australian market specifically and the new minimum professional standards requirements coming into effect this year.A He added, "It is contemporary, it is academically robust, and it provides immediate ...

MLC partners with SPAA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... said: "This commitment by MLC is a welcome initiative that emphasises the importance of continually lifting professional standards in the SMSF space, as well as setting up the right training models to achieve this goal."

Second Gwen Fletcher award winner named

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
... within our profession. It is through planners like Amy - who have a clear commitment to education and higher professional standards - that we will continue to show the true value of quality financial advice," he said. Speaking about her achievement Early ...

SPAA "disappointed" by the FSI's SMSF borrowing recommendations

ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... recourse borrowing arrangements (LRBAs) by superannuation funds. Graeme Colley, SPAA director of technical and professional standards told Financial Standard that they were initially surprised that changes to the LRBA legislation would be in the inquiry ...

SMSF court case highlights penalty uncertainties

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 DEC 2014
... issue. Commenting on the case, SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) director of technical and professional standards Graeme Colley said: "I see this case as being quite serious because of the number of breaches and the length of time." ...