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New accountants' licence hailed as win for affordable advice

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2012
... With 10,000 accountant advisers joining the 18,000 regular financial advisers, professional accreditation and codes of ethics will become an even more important differentiator. "It is important that the new licensing regime recognises practitioners who ...

BT Ethical divests last News Corp share

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2012
... being free from holdings in News Corp. As News Corp chairman Rupert Murdoch testified before the Leveson Inquiry into press ethics, BT Ethical has confirmed it has sold the final tranche of its shares in the media conglomerate, which remains mired in ...

FPA award winners embrace FOFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2011
... development, client testimonials and work with the local community along with the FPA Code of Professional Practice and Code of Ethics. The national winners of the inaugural FPA Best Practice Awards are: FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional Practice ...

FPA welcomes standards

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... profession," said Mark Rantall, chief executive, FPA. Reiterating the associations support of education standards and code of ethics, Rantall spoke of the extraordinary time planners find themselves in. "With the GFC, FOFA and ageing demographics the ...

Finsia award nominees announced

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2011
... Australia, David Liddy, ex Bank of Queensland, Roger Montgomery, Montgomery Investment Management, Claire Payne, St. James Ethics Centre, Janine Starks, Liontamer Investments and Trevor Sykes, ex Australian Financial Review and author. "These are financial ...

FPA ad campaign sneak preview released to members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... show people that members had to have much higher educational standards than the law requires. It has a separate code of ethics to which members must sign their name. From July 1, 2013, the FPA will not accept new members that do not have an undergraduate ...

Wolf of Wall Street can't put a price on value

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 2 AUG 2011
... "What I explain to people is this whole process, the system for getting rich, if it is not grounded in the highest level of ethics and integrity and you're not staying true to who you are, it will not last." In 1998 Belfort was indicted for securities ...

Noall & Co head wins risk planning award

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2011
... deserves all the accolades he received as he and his team have built a large practice where their expertise, professional ethics and client management skills are excellent," said Robbie Bennetts, chief executive officer, strategy and development, PIS. ...

FPA calls for naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... an ethical or professional vacuum." The Association of Financial Advisers, which has 7000 members and a strict code of ethics, has also called for the term to be restricted. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the association, said it had flagged the ...

AFA prep advisers for FOFA

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 5 APR 2011
... bad policy," he added. The AFA is a member of both the FOFA Peak Consultation Group and Minister Shorten's Roundtable on Ethics, Professionalism and Education. It represents over 7,000 members, including individual members and licensees.