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Advice association shutters

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... impact of the Coronavirus made the task of continuing impossible." The association said it hopes the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Association of Independently Owned Finance Professionals ...

De Gori to leave FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
Financial Planning Association of Australia chief executive Dante De Gori will step down at the end of the year. De Gori, who has served as chief executive since March 2016, has advised the FPA's board of his intention to leave. He has been with ...

ASIC industry levy to increase

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... must be reviewed immediately before more practices are forced to close, the chief executive of the Financial Planning Association of Australia Dante De Gori said. "The ASIC industry levy for financial planners has gone up over 340% in the last four years ...

ASIC prepares licensees for reference checks

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2021
... conducts reference checking. Mortgage brokers are also subject to the same new regulation. The Financial Planning Association of Australia believes reference checks should be extended to general advice and to anyone that has the ability to influence ...

Better Advice regulations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... transferring its powers to ASIC. ASIC will be responsible for administering the adviser exam. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) chief executive Dante De Gori said the FSCP is an important reform for the profession. "Creating a model ...

FPA to manage $1.5m scholarship mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
The federal minister for women has awarded the Financial Planning Association of Australia a mandate to deliver $1.5 million worth of scholarships. The scholarships, which are part of the Women's Leadership and Development Program, aim to assist more ...

Potential small carve out for annual renewal law

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... fee clients, where you need to prepare an estimate and explain the basis of the estimate". The Financial Planning Association of Australian (FPA) and AFA have written to treasury and ASIC about the issue. They listened to the associations' concerns. ...

Former adviser charged with $3.3m fraud

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAY 2021
... woman and received more tip offs from other alleged victims thereafter. Fineff was a member of the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Sentinel managing director Justin Hooper said in a statement: "Gavin informed me of the allegations on Saturday ...

Draft advice reforms not enough: FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAY 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia used its submission on the single disciplinary body for financial advisers to renew calls to remove the Tax Practitioners Board as a regulator of the sector. While the association welcomed the plan to ...

Advice practices set to benefit from tax cuts

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 MAY 2021
... being heard," Australian Small Business and Family Enterprise Ombudsman Bruce Billson said. The Financial Planning Association of Australia said it welcomes a number of changes to superannuation and aged care outlined in the budget. "The FPA supports ...