Insurers urged to support mentally ill
04 July 2006
The Investment and Financial Services Association and health bodies have renewed a memorandum of understanding that helps people with mental illness to get life and…
Life Insurance
Study to examine planners’ ethics
04 July 2006
A new study is examining the professionalism and ethics of financial planners, and how they determine when an ethical dilemma is taking place…
New PI scheme attracts FPA and AFA
04 July 2006
The Professional Standards Council is anticipating the joining of the FPA and the Association of Financial Advisers to its new indemnity scheme for professional bodies to cap liability…
FPA issues new principles guidance
27 June 2006
Financial Planning Association members are preparing to comply with new principles to manage conflict of interest, and the association is ready to lend a hand where needed…
FPA awards leave category out
27 June 2006
The inaugural FPA Value of Advice Awards were presented last week…
Financial advice not just for the affluent
20 June 2006
Many financial planners think clients need to have $70,000 or more before seeking advice, but their association says it’s not the case…
How to cap PI: embrace professionalism
14 June 2006
The Federal Government is echoing a message it’s been pushing for years regarding the availability of affordable professional indemnity cover…
ASIC tips for choosing planners
06 June 2006
It’s no secret that ASIC has had its eye on financial advisers over the past few years, and its latest move to give people tips on how to choose a suitable adviser shows…
IFSA funds more income insurance research
06 June 2006
IFSA is funding more research through its underinsurance campaign, and this time the research is aimed at income protection insurance and its implications…
FSR regime pays off for consumers
30 May 2006
Australian investors are much more satisfied with the options and decisions they are presented with under the financial services reform regime…
Victoria tries to usurp Sydney as financial centre
30 May 2006
The Victorian Government – which imposes world record taxes on general insurance – is about to spend $1 million to market Melbourne to financial services providers…
Finding a regulation balance
23 May 2006
Financial Planning Week is under way, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Chris Pearce is already out there spruiking the need for good financial advice and saving…
Transparency for financial planners
23 May 2006
A key figure in the financial planning industry has called for more transparency in remuneration models…
Industry welcomes Budget changes
16 May 2006
Huge income tax cuts aside, the biggest surprise of this year’s Federal Budget was the new arrangements for superannuation…
Budget threat to financial planners
16 May 2006
The financial planning industry was surprised by Treasurer Peter Costello’s removal of end benefit tax from superannuation in the federal budget, FPA spokesman Jason Spits…
FPA flexes payment muscle
09 May 2006
The Financial Planning Association is pushing for acceptance of its advice-based fee model for financial planning by incorporating it with the recently released…
Finsia reduces board size
09 May 2006
The Financial Services Institute of Australasia held its first annual meeting last month and – in its final steps towards formalising the institute – a new constitution…
Merger creates one super fund
09 May 2006
Australia’s newest industry superannuation fund is also the country’s largest…
Advisers shun industry funds
02 May 2006
Financial planning networks are unlikely to recommend investing with industry superannuation funds, despite calls from the regulator for them to do just that…
Dazza returns
02 May 2006
The Financial Planning Association has returned to television screens this week as the second phase of its three-year promotional campaign gets under way…