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FPSA to recruit more advisers

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... that might jeapordise the running of FPSA. The Netwelath-owned firm is currently talking to 15 practices. "We have to have ethics, compliance, the right people... it's going to be an ambitious target and we have a lot of practices in various stages of ...

Clients come first: FPA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2008
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has unveiled a new code of ethics that endeavours to place clients first in every aspect of a financial planning business. Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive of the FPA, launched the new code at this morning's ...

GRI sets up Australian base

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2008
... environmental and social performance after the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) announced it's collaborating with the St James Ethics Centre. The reporting initiative is used by more than 1,600 organisations globally to measure and report economic ...

Getting ethics back on track

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 18 APR 2008
Good advice? Check. Good investments? Check. Ethics? Hmmm. A US-based financial advice expert said ethics is the third often overlooked plank of a successful business. Speaking at the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) conference in Sydney yesterday ...

CFA takes ethics inhouse

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 APR 2008
The CFA Society of Sydney has launched its Ethics and Financial Integrity workshop this week and intends to offer the program internally for finance companies in the coming months. "This is the first in a series of what we'd like to roll out on a more ...

FPA disciplines 13 members

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 3 APR 2008
... financial planning profession is committed to maintaining a high standard of professional accountability. The FPA has a code of ethics and rules of professional conduct, a draft set of new practice standards, and conflict of interest principles which ...

CSRF drops SIM for AMP

... fund chose AMP's product because investors who invest over $50 million in the fund are offered a spot on the product's ethics committee. "CSRF will take up that position. While we are one of a number of investors on the committee, and it is an advisory ...

FPA to offer Life Risk course

... practitioner members to gain a professional identification in their area of speciality. The new program combines modules on ethics and the specialty area, for example life risk, to deliver an advanced level professional qualification, higher than ASIC's ...

FPA drafts practice principles

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAR 2008
... the Practice Standards. Previously the FPA framework to support professionalism amongst its members included a code of ethics and a set of rules for professional conduct. After a four-month consultation process, the Practice Standards will be introduced ...

AFA maps education Pathway

... FChFP designation," said the group's chief executive Richard Klipin. Pairing up with PS146 Training, the four units are Ethics & Compliance in Practice; Client Engagement & Advice; Understanding, Applying & Implementing Financial Solutions and Managing ...