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FPA celebrates World Financial Planning Day

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 OCT 2017
... choices within the context of financial and life goals," De Gori said. Global licensing body, the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), is hosting the inaugural World Financial Planning Day, which is also part of the International Organisation of ...

New ethical advice certification will drive consumer trust

JAMIE WILLIAMSON AND DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 18 AUG 2017
... certification mark - Certainty Advice - as a comprehensive version of the Australian accounting professional and ethical standards board standard APES230. He said the associated issues of trust, reputation and relevance are timeless. "For example, we've ...

SMSF auditor busted self-auditing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUN 2017
... and expertise. The Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants is set by the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board.

AFA executive joins standards board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUN 2017
A senior leader of the Association of Financial Advisers has been named vice chairman of an international standards board. AFA general manager, member services, partnerships and campus, Nick Hakes has been appointed to the Asia Pacific Financial Services ...

Reporting overhaul to hit insurer profits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 22 MAY 2017
... and report the numbers, and metrics for steering the business will change," he said. International Accounting Standards Board chair Hans Hoogervorst said: "The insurance industry plays a vital role in the global economy; high-quality information to market ...

Mobile education drives advice professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 APR 2017
... and professional development space, recognising an opportunity in the reforms. "The bottom line is, once the new Standards Board - once it's established - decides what it is these new standards are going to be, there is going to be a rush of currently ...

Countplus appoints new CEO

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 FEB 2017
... firm. As well as chairing the FPA for four years, Rowe was an Australian representative at the Financial Planning Standards Board in the US, a business banking manager at NAB and a corporate finance analyst at Westpac. "Countplus welcomes the known and ...

Hedge fund standards board expands APAC team

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 10 JAN 2017
The Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB) made two appointments to its Asia-Pacific committee. LIM Advisors founder and chief investment officer George Long, and Dymon Capital Asia chief investment officer Danny Yong join the global standard-setting body ...

Advisers see fintech as tool not threat

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2016
... enhance services rather than seeing it as threat to their livelihood. The new report from the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) aims to start a global conversation around the implications of fintech and automated advice for the delivery of holistic ...

CBA appoints new director

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUN 2016
... Institute and the Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group, as well as a member of the Government's Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trade Marks Attorneys. Commenting on the appointment, CBA chair David Turner said: "I am delighted that ...