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Robo advice questions still unanswered

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 5 MAY 2015
... that the advice profession is very well established here in Australia. "IOSCO - of which the Financial Planning Standards Board [and ASIC] is an affiliate member - recently analysed the impact of automatic financial advice and the regulatory challenges," ...

Future Fund alternatives head joins Hedge Fund Standards Board

STAFF WRITER  |  FRIDAY, 27 FEB 2015
Future Fund's head of debt and alternatives David George has joined the board of the Hedge Fund Standards Board (HFSB). The HFSB said the appointment emphasises the important role of sovereign wealth funds in promoting better practices in the hedge ...

FSC advice regulation plan leaves AMP cold

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... Advice Board Committee, which includes a representative from AMP. The FSC proposal to set up an Advice Competency Standards Board (ACSB) to oversee the development of competency standards, adviser education and the register of advisers has stirred controversy ...

FPA rejects FSC adviser regulation plans

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), asked the government to set up a new body, the Advice Competency Standards Board (ACSB), to oversee the development of competency standards, adviser education and the register of advisers. The proposed ...

Body needed to monitor adviser competency: FSC

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 2 SEP 2014
The financial advice sector is in need of change and a new Advice Competency Standards Board should lead the transformation, according to the Financial Services Council (FSC). The new body would oversee the development of competency standards, adviser ...

Certified financial planners report higher profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... study was conducted by independent researchers Comparator and the results were released by the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), owner of the international CFPA(R) Certification Program. The study surveyed 92 financial services firms in 12 territories ...

Advisers need to overcome financial planning stigma

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
... financial planner, but they don't have confidence in financial planning as a general concept. The Financial Planning Standards Board (FSPB) United States chief executive Noel Maye said yesterday that "people trust their financial adviser, but they don't ...

IPA issues FoFA aligned draft standard

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2013
... to the current APES 230, the standard for financial advice services by the Accounting Professional and Ethical Standards Board (APESB). The draft of the Pronouncement of the Board of Directors is aligned with the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation ...

NGS Super adds three new directors

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAR 2013
... Reporting Authority Board, and until recently a member of the Education and Early Childhood Services Registration and Standards Board of Board of South Australia. Wilkinson is the current president of the NSW ACT Independent Education Union, a position ...

CFP ranks to top 150,000 in 2013

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 29 JAN 2013
The Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB), owner of the international Certified Financial Planner certification program, reported that the global number of CFP professionals jumped from 139,818 at year-end 2011 to 147,822 12 months later. At the ...