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Soft dollar ban impact potential

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... New Zealand, with international trips for professional development no longer treated as part of planner training. Mark Rantall, chief executive, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said the group supports the ban of soft dollar as it will force ...

FPA ad campaign sneak preview released to members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
... that it had won $3 million worth of advertising for just $1.3 million thanks to savvy buying by agency MATCH Media. Mark Rantall, chief executive of the FPA, said the organisation was standing up to say that it was the professional association for financial ...

Industry body applauds move to define financial planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... from Treasury investigating the enshrining of the term financial planner in law, which is very significant," said Mark Rantall, chief executive officer, Financial Planners Association. "We believe that provides an added consumer safeguard to ensure that ...

IFM hits back at claims it plays politics with super fund money

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2011
... Directors both called for industry superannuation funds to look at their board structures to avoid conflicts of interest. Mark Rantall, chief executive of the Financial Planning Association, today called for default superannuation funds to be quarantined ...

ASIC looks to reshape retail advice

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 29 JUL 2011
... may actually cause further confusion rather than guidance or clarification for consumers and the profession," said Mark Rantall, chief executive, FPA. Rantall also said the paper was yet to answer how advisers who provide holistic advice can maintain ...

Industry brawl erupts over super network ads

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 15 JUL 2011
... allege retail super fund members are charged commissions and ongoing fees for ongoing advice they do not receive. Mark Rantall, chief executive of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said in a release that the Industry Super Network (ISN) ads were ...

Financial Planners want level playing field on commissions

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 JUL 2011
... new shares to clients based on a percentage of the amount of stock bought, the Financial Review has reported. But Mark Rantall, chief executive of the Financial Planning Association told Financial Standard that if commissions encouraged stockbrokers ...

Advisers hampered by conflicted platforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... satisfy the "best interest" duty towards their client, she said. Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall would not be drawn on the conflict of interest created for financial advisers when platform structures are owned by product ...

Free advice sparks Financial Planning Week

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... trust and confidence in the community, and lift the level of respect for financial planners. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said the week was the perfect opportunity to show what value association members could add to people's lives. "Building higher ...

Advisers launch FOFA attack

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAY 2011
... Financial Planning Association, which has 8000 members, said it had also been making the rallying call. Chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard his organisation also believed opt-in should not be law despite the two-year compromise and that ...