PJC Committee recommends FPA call for enshrinement of “financial planner”

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After years of lobbying by the FPA, the terms “financial planner / adviser” are one step closer to enshrinement under law following the overnight tabling of a Parliamentary Joint Committee

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Trio Capital report demands renewed consumer protection standards

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Australia’s peak professional financial planning body today acknowledged the sober findings of a joint parliamentary review of the Trio Capital collapse – the largest superannuation fraud in Australia’s history. The

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PJC falls short on FoFA recommendations

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has announced its disappointment with the recommendations outlined in the Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) report on FoFA, recently tabled to the House of Representatives. Mark

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FoFA: It’s make or break time says AFA

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has sent a letter outlining its five major concerns relating to the proposed Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) legislation to the Independents, relevant frontbenchers

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PJC report on reforms to financial advice

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Responding to the Parliamentary Joint Committee’s report on the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms, the Financial Services Council said it was disappointed at the Committee’s unwillingness to accept industry

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PJC can put FoFA back on track

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The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (the PJC) has provided the Government with a unique opportunity to hear about the real impact of the Future of Financial

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