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FOFA reaches parliament with undisclosed feature

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... industry input on the original draft without consultation or support from financial planners. FPA chief executive, Mark Rantall said the introduction of the retrospective disclosure statements was "never discussed with the financial planning industry ...

Tax forum tackles wealth management issues

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2011
... income system," said Andrea Slattery, SPAA chief executive. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive, Mark Rantall, addressed the Tax Forum to ask the Government to provide aid incentives to encourage Australians to seek advice build ...

Second tranche of FOFA well received: industry

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 29 SEP 2011
... the release and its push for a more professional industry, although there were small differences in their stance. Mark Rantall, chief executive, said the FPA supported the ban of investment commissions and other conflicted remuneration as it will "promote ...

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 ...