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FPA calls for improved education on advice

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... Financial Ombudsman Service. Approximately 260 practicing financial planners, along with licensees and compliance, legal and training professionals attended the workshop.

SMSFs face fire-sales of illiquid assets

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2012
... trustees may not be considering how these 'lumpy' holdings will be sold after their death, according to an SMSF advice and training provider. The consequences of this oversight could be the fire-sale of the property, with the risk of it being sold well ...

FPA calls on ASIC for clearer advice definitions

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 MAY 2012
... definitions of quality advice. Approximately 150 practising financial planners, along with licensees and compliance, legal and training professionals attended the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) first Shadow Shopper workshop in Brisbane yesterday. ...

Former minister joins Cbus

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 APR 2012
... Bob Hawke, first as Minister for Finance followed by the portfolio of Trade. As Minister for Employment, Education and Training, Dawkins was responsible for reforming the higher education sector including the re-introduction of university fees in the ...

ASIC strikes against currency trader

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 3 APR 2012
... Trading Room was established in Australia in 2007 and operated by generating revenue from providing currency-trading training to mum-and-dad investors. The company is said to have raised millions last year, which cannot be accounted for. In other news ...

Details still needed on opt-in: ANZ Wealth

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAR 2012
... focused on how to implement opt-in. "We're looking at how you physically implement this... and it's not just a case of training advisers, it's a case of getting them the technology and process." The most recent Investment Trends planner business model ...

Mandatory FOFA start date confirmed for July 2013

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  THURSDAY, 15 MAR 2012
... The Financial Services Council (FSC) said the 12-month transition to FOFA recognised the "significant investment and training" required by the industry to implement the reforms. "FOFA will drive significant structural changes across the industry, costing ...

Forum: Women Driving Change

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  THURSDAY, 8 MAR 2012
... underwriting and claims at Macquarie Life spoke of the practicalities concerning quota implementation in South Africa, saying training programs and flexibility were key to allow organisations to retain and transfer talent upwards, meeting diversity targets ...

FOFA provisions will go ahead: PJC

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 1 MAR 2012
... circumstances, following objections raised during the submission process. It lifted the geographical restrictions around training for advisers and asked that the Bill be amended to better explain the annual fee disclosure obligations for existing retail ...

Synchron NextGen success firm expands to Sydney

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  TUESDAY, 14 FEB 2012
... introduced to encourage younger advisers to join Synchron and to support their development via education, soft skills training, coaching, mentoring and leads generation," Trapnell said. "We are constantly investing in their development in order to improve ...