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Asteron encourages advisers to go digital

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 14 NOV 2013
... Asteron Life is encouraging its advisers to go digital by offering an extra 10% commission in the first year to financial planners who write new business using the online application process. The offer, called '2 for 10', is applicable for advisers who ...

Parliament to address large financial services agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 12 NOV 2013
... expect Parliament to provide more clarity on the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009, which determines that financial planners who provide tax advice become registered tax agents by July 1, 2014.

Niche super funds cooperate to avoid merging

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 8 NOV 2013
... of financial advice, he said: "We are already accommodating funds that can't justify employment of their own financial planners. This can be done by pooling resources to share access to financial planners - thus spreading the fixed costs involved with ...

Advisers battle to reconnect with disengaged clients

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
Financial planners are fishing for new clients among Australians who have never sought advice before, but technology could help them reconnect with disengaged clients already in their practices. "There are very few practices that don't have a number ...

FPA to hold 2014 Congress in Adelaide

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 4 NOV 2013
... conference on November 20 to 21, 2014, in Adelaide. The organisation said this year's conference gathered over 1,000 financial planners in Sydney. The most popular sessions were personal and professional development topics, such as personal time management ...

University academics to access advice research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 31 OCT 2013
... just be the start of a strong investment in universities by the profession." FPEC is formed by academics and financial planners and is sponsored by the FPA. It was established to promote financial planning as a learning area and a career of choice for ...

ASIC concedes Trio ringleader investigation

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 OCT 2013
... standard," ASIC commissioner John Price said. "Directors, company officers, auditors, investment advisers, and financial planners play a key role in ensuring that Australia's markets are fair and efficient. ASIC will continue to take enforcement action ...

Young shy away from joining advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 28 OCT 2013
... advisers entering the industry is insufficient despite numerous initiatives to encourage young people to become financial planners. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox told Financial Standard that "there are not enough ...

Pro bono advice for bushfire victims

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2013
... bushfires in New South Wales. The FPA reminded members of their "wider community responsibility as professional financial planners." In an announcement on its website, the association said it will be promoted the FPA Pro Bono Service and "encouraging ...

Cbus, FPA explain their referral deal

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 21 OCT 2013
... agreement - which marks a distinct change of tune from the feuding that has characterized the relationship between financial planners and industry funds over the last few years - was the culmination of "months of collaboration between Cbus and the FPA." ...