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Forget about national advice exam, focus on training: CPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 11 SEP 2014
... Both organisations exposed their position regarding adviser education in a joint submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry into lifting the professional standards in the financial services industry. The submission highlighted that ...

Advisers must attend ethics classes, say ISA and AIST

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 SEP 2014
... the industry, the not-for-profit superannuation industry has argued. In a joint submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (PJC), Industry Super Australia (ISA) and the Australian Institute of Superannuation ...

Institutions' bid to raise adviser education not genuine: FSU

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... attempt by Licensees to better the integrity and transparency of the industry." In a submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry into proposals to lift the professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry ...

Ties between product and advice "archaic": FPA

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
... advisers, as this material is being developed in conjunction with current consultations with the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services and other industry working groups.

Higher adviser education should kick off on 2018: FPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... degree from January 1, 2018, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said in its submission to a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry. The PJC on Corporations and Financial Services is conducting an inquiry into proposals to lift the professional ...

New PJC inquiry will "close the loop" on consumer protection

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 JUL 2014
... protection mechanism, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall has said. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services will look at the adequacy of current qualifications required by financial advisers ...

SMSF advisers gear for referrals from accountants

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 28 JUL 2014
... (37.1%) said this was the greatest challenge facing their business over the next three years. The Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry into professional, educational and ethical standards in financial planning has put the spotlight on the qualifications ...

PROFILE: Bernie Ripoll

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... Oxley for Labor, nor was it to become the long-standing MP for the Brisbane suburb or to head the Parliamentary Joint Committee that would end up reshaping financial advice. "There were only a couple of paths available for kids like me, growing up in ...

Bank complaints over TV ads seek to "stifle" competition: ISA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 APR 2014
... fair representation or conveys a misleading impression," ASIC commissioner Greg Tanzer told the Parliamentary Joint Committee for corporations and financial services during a routine oversight of the regulator.

ASIC to consider complaints about ISA's 'Compare the Pair'

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 1 APR 2014
... Tanzer confirmed that the regulator looked at the campaign during a routine oversight of ASIC at the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) for corporations and financial services. "We are looking at the campaign in the context of the complaints that have ...