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Cost of advice soars as red tape grows

ELIZA BAVIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 OCT 2020
... the average cost for a Statement of Advice has increased 10% in 12 months, the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) is warning of the detrimental impact ongoing reform is having on financial advisers and consumers. The FPA said the establishment ...

FPA renews calls for advice definition changes

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 OCT 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) is once again calling on lawmakers to change the term 'general advice' to diminish client confusion and enhance confidence in the industry. Instead of 'general advice', the FPA is recommending it ...

Pandemic proves value of advice: FPA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2020
... highlighting the value of financial advice, according to new research. The Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) inaugural Money & Life Tracker: COVID Edition reveals Australians with financial advisers were not financially impacted by ...

Advice too expensive, hard to access: FPA

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 SEP 2020
... reduced access to financial advice. The research from CoreData, presented at the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) 'Uncovering the Value of Financial Planning Advice' virtual event held earlier this month, drew on key industry players ...

Technology can ease adviser red tape: Academic

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 SEP 2020
Digital innovation could be the answer to tackling product-choice confusion and reducing red tape in the financial advice sector, according to an academic. Pamela Hanrahan, a lawyer and professor at University to New South Wales Business School, told ...

Calls for consent forms, opt-ins to be scrapped

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 18 AUG 2020
... Australians. Ardino and Harrison appeared to hit back at suggestions from the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) that an overhaul of the Australian financial services licence (AFSL) system could be the solution to the industry's woes. ...

FPA award nominations open, new award announced

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has announced a new category in its annual FPA Awards, set to recognise members who have used technologies in innovative ways to deliver advice. The FPA Advice Innovation Award has been introduced to highlight ...

APRA intervention blindsided AFA, FPA taskforce

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
At the Financial Services Council Life Insurance Summit, the heads of financial advice industry associations admitted to being blindsided by APRA's intervention on individual disability income insurance. Association of Financial Advisers chief executive ...

AFA, FPA share bleak view of industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
The Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Association of Australia have appeared before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, sharing austere views of the financial advice industry. AFA general manager, policy ...

FPA, TPB to share information

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... facilitate the exchange of information on matters relating to the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 and the Code of Professional Conduct. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said the association was honoured to be the first of its kind to enter into an MOU with ...