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FPA appoints director

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 DEC 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has appointed a former KPMG partner to its board and chair of the audit and risk committee. Diana D'Ambra has joined the board following the resignation of Paul Ruiz after serving nearly two years ...

Government backs disciplinary body in principle

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 30 NOV 2020
... reduced. "Tax (financial) advisers will only be subject to a single disciplinary regime," he said. The Financial Planning Association of Australia said it welcomed the release of the independent review with respect to Recommendation 7.1 FPA chief executive ...

Investment Trends names chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... and continues to hold several board positions. Brennan is a former non-executive director of the Financial Planning Association of Australia, van Eyk, Old Mutual and Advantage Financial Services. Her current board positions include non-executive directorships ...

FPA board member joins new firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) board member Julie Matheson has joined Peloton Partners. The Melbourne based financial services consultancy was founded by Rob Jones and Michael Harrison, both former Shadforth financial advisers. Matheson ...

Financial adviser reference checks under scrutiny

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2020
... where agreed between both licensees but cannot take any more than 20 days. In March this year, the Financial Planning Association of Australia threw its weight behind the proposed protocol. In its submission on the proposed legislation, the FPA suggested ...

Advice firms need technology to survive: FPA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 16 NOV 2020
... use of technology will be crucial to the sustainability of advice firms, new research shows. The Financial Planning Association's (FPA) recent survey undertaken by CoreData found that just over half of financial advisers surveyed (50.7%) believe advice ...

FPA announces new specialist designation

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has launched the FPA Aged Care Specialist professional designation. The FPA said it is committed to providing its members, and wider profession, with the skills and resources to meet the needs of ...

Gwen Fletcher Award winner named

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced the winner of its prestigious biannual Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Jacob McCudden from Back to Back Financial Planners, an advice business based in the regional town of Young in New ...

CountPlus adds former MLC practice

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 NOV 2020
... to better deliver quality advice to clients," he said. O'Toole is a former director of the Financial Planning Association of Australia and founding chair of Godfrey Pembroke's advisory board. Yesterday, CountPlus announced it sold its 61.28% ...

FASEA urged to clarify in-house product conflicts

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 5 NOV 2020
... disinterested person - without any reference to the specific recommendations made to each client." The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), in its submission, agreed that standard three has some issues. "The FPA remains concerned that the ...