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David Sharpe
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FINANCIAL ADVICE ASSOCIATION AUSTRALIA
A family man, business owner, cricket fanatic and financial adviser, David Sharpe has many facets. One of his biggest legacies, as he steps down as chair of the Financial Advice Association Australia, is leaving the profession stronger than he found it.
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At stake is really the sabotaging of the excellent work of Real Financial Advisers who always have the interests of clients at heart (otherwise they will walk away) versus the interests of those Unionists and ex Labor Politicians (more than 300 of them) who get income as Trustees/Directors of Industry Funds. Industry Funds give NO ADVICE, do not check clients' Risk Profiles, hold franking credits for general admin expenses rather than directing them to the clients who took a risk earning the credits, take on risky investments by way of direct property and alternatives, provide poor returns compared with those which we give our clients, and (eg MTAA) misclassify asset allocations as "balanced". Industry Funds ARE NOT IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF INVESTORS. FOFA needs to be abandoned altogether! Industry funds need to be shut down! Keep lobbying COMRADES, I mean, COLLEAGUES!
well said