Code gets clean bill of health
30 January 2007
Despite harsh criticism from ASIC and just about everyone else over the behaviour of some financial planners, a review of the planners’ code of practice is showing plenty of improvement…
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FPA considers regulation possibilities
30 January 2007
The FPA has submitted its response to the Federal Government’s planned overhaul of financial services regulation. Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer Chris Pearce released an options paper in November, detailing possible changes to legislation…
Communication vital, Pearce tells planners
28 November 2006
The future of the financial planning industry lies in the value of advice provided and how advisers communicate with consumers, according to Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer…
FPA revamping compliance approach
28 November 2006
The FPA is set to amend its compliance and complaints framework, the Complaints and Disciplinary Scheme…
Valued advice proves a winner
28 November 2006
Financial planners have celebrated the best of their own with the FPA inaugural Value of Advice Awards…
Life insurance statistics boom
21 November 2006
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority has released the Life Office Market Report, which covers the life insurance sector…
FPA cautious on compulsory PI
14 November 2006
The Financial Planning Association of Australia is cautiously reviewing moves by the Federal Government to make professional indemnity insurance compulsory for financial planners…
FPA wants co-regulatory model
07 November 2006
The Financial Planning Association says the regulatory system for financial planners in Australia should be a co-regulatory model…
FPA turns a profit
07 November 2006
The FPA has reported a $606,000 surplus for the 2006 financial year, helping to return its reserves to 2003 levels…
New professional services manager for FPA
31 October 2006
Educationist Deen Sanders has been hired by the Financial Planning Association to manage a new division that incorporates three of the association’s areas of work…
Life insurance stable for 2007
31 October 2006
Australia’s life insurance industry is in a strong position going into next year, with ratings agency Standards & Poor’s predicting further profitability…
FPA lends a hand on SOAs
24 October 2006
In a bid to help its members create clear, concise and effective statements of advice, the peak financial planning body has updated a guide that it published late in 2004…
FPA moves on ad campaign
24 October 2006
The FPA has launched the next stage of its “value of advice” ad campaign…
NZ tackles discrimination in insurance
24 October 2006
New Zealand’s Human Rights Commission is reviewing its guidelines for the insurance market…
FPA announces election result
17 October 2006
The board of the Financial Planning Association has unanimously voted for Chairman Corinna Dieters to serve a second year in the position…
New board for IFSA
17 October 2006
The Investment and Financial Services Association has announced a new board line-up…
Bloch becomes a blogger
17 October 2006
Anyone who’s anyone has got one, and now FPA CEO Jo-Anne Bloch has joined the cyber-communication bandwagon…
Industry backs life standards
10 October 2006
The new package of draft prudential standards and guidance for the life insurance industry is a “good news story” for policyholders…
FPA takes stock of member views
10 October 2006
94% of Financial Planning Association members say that increasing the awareness and promoting the value of financial planning to the general public is relevant or very relevant…
Work together, says Zurich
03 October 2006
Alarmingly low levels of life insurance among Australians will remain unless the industry gets its act together to raise the level of risk awareness, according to Zurich…