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UK advisers told to review retirement advice processes

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 21 MAR 2024
Financial advisers in the UK are being asked to examine their processes when providing retirement income advice, following a thematic review that found some "are not even getting the basics right." The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) undertook the ...

Treasury promises flexibility to adviser qualifications

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 JAN 2024
... financial advisers are required to complete are extremely prescriptive. It involves a specifically approved AQ7 Financial Planning major in an undergraduate degree or the completion of a specialised post-graduate diploma or master's degree in financial ...

Fears grow around greenwashing litigation protections

ROSE MARY PETRASS  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 NOV 2023
... three-year moratorium on private litigation related to Scope 3 reporting as part of its proposed mandatory climate-related financial disclosure package has raised fears that it would give companies the green light to greenwash. Under the federal government's ...

Advised Aussies more financially confident: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2023
... compared to those who aren't advised. The survey of more than 1000 respondents canvassed by the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) and research consultancy firm MYMAVINS found that advised clients tend to have more financial confidence and resilience ...

Rowe joins Kofkin Bond & Co

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2023
... a director of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. He has also sat on the Financial Planning Standards Board for four years. He also has close to two decades' experience as a financial adviser, running his own practice, Hood Sweeney. ...

FPA, AFA merger talks continue

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
The proposed merger between the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has entered into the second round of member consultation. Recently, members have been invited to complete a survey to help ...

AFA, FPA merger in best interests

CASSANDRA BALDINI, CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... amend the name," he said. The new association will however remain an affiliate of the global Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) to continue the CFP designation. According to Sharpe, members can expect for the merger agreement to be signed shortly ...

FPSB names new leader

CHLOE WALKER  |  FRIDAY, 28 OCT 2022
... Planning Association of Australia chief Dante De Gori has been named as the new head of the global Financial Planning Standards Board. The appointment is effective in January, following the departure of current chief executive Noel Maye, who will step ...

APRA unmasks fund outsourcing impacts

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2022
... management of outsourcing arrangements across 10 retail super trustees, covering four key services - administration, financial advice, investment management and insurance. APRA's observations focused on trustees' assessment of service providers' value ...

Rate rise exposes adviser knowledge gap

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2022
... it's no surprise there is a vacuum of experience in dealing with issues we haven't seen in some time, Lifespan Financial Planning chief executive Eugene Ardino says. But it doesn't necessarily spell doom and gloom for clients, he adds. "While many existing ...
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