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FPA announces winners of research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
... perspective'. "Education is key to ensuring a strong future for the financial planning profession," FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said.

Industry pushes for more consumer protection under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... potentially reintroduce commissions back to superannuation and investment within general advice. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard that the organisation will continue to push for an explicit ban on commissions. "We would like to ...

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... bill. "We would have liked to see an explicit prohibition of commissions in general advice," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. On the same day the former Assistant Treasurer stood Arthur Sinodinos stood aside due to his involvement in an Independent ...

Industry receives FoFA bill with mixed feelings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... amendments, other than the general advice exemption on advice and superannuation products," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard. Rantall said that the Association would have liked to see an explicit ban on commissions for general ...

Cormann to take over Sinodinos' duties

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... reforms of the Future of Financial Advice legislation," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard. The Association of Financial Advice (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said that the association "had a ...

Government limits general advice exemption in FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Standard. "We would have liked to see an explicit prohibition of commissions in general advice," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. The bill also introduced the removal of the opt-in requirement, the removal of the retrospective application of ...

FoFA introduced into parliament with some tweaks

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... ability to reintroduce superannuation and investment commissions on general advice altogether," FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. "This change, however, does draw a firm line between the polar opposites of product sales and appropriate financial ...

FPA foundation appoints board members

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 FEB 2014
... Financial Planning Association (FPA) foundation, Future2, has appointed two directors to its board. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall and ipac chief executive Patrick Canion were appointed to the board chaired by AMP executive director of financial planning ...

FPA puts TASA back in the agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... planning profession, which in turn has the best interest of Australian investors at heart," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. "We encourage all financial planners to take advantage of the TASA education program now to avoid feeling under pressure ...

Certified financial planners report higher profitability

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 FEB 2014
... professional standards within their financial planning operations," Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall said. The FPSB confirmed that there are 5,500 CFP advisers in Australia and 150,000 globally.