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Opt out, bailed out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... further tainting the advice industry. It is one of the reasons why the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are pushing for the same regulatory reform: the need for advisers to be members of a professional ...

Perkovic moves from Count to CFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... Services Association's (IFSA) advice network board committee, Perkovic has also worked in the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) medium and large licensees committee. Brian Bissaker, chief executive at Colonial First State, said Perkovic's ...

Drop commissions or get off APL: AMP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... managers now because we want to give them plenty of time to prepare for next year." Similar to the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) stance, the no-commission approach does not include life insurance products. AMP Financial Planning ...

Planning firm wins Telstra Business Award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... Financial Management Solutions has won the NSW Telstra Business Award for social responsibility. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) member won the award for demonstrating leadership and contribution to the environment, people, education ...

FPA board approves move away from commissions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
The Financial Planning Association of Australia's board has approved the association's remuneration policy that moves its members away from a commission-based model by July 2012. The FPA received more than 250 responses to its consultation paper "Financial ...

Super saved the economy

MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 22 OCT 2009
... strengthening the Australian economy, according to research by the Allen Consulting Group, which was commissioned by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia. On a per capita basis, without superannuation, individuals on average would have ...

TPD tax changes could increase premiums: ASFA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2009
... benefits has been criticised by one industry association that warns insurance premiums may rise. According to the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the tax office believes that most, but not all total and permanent disability (TPD) ...

HESTA pays managers after tax

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 15 OCT 2009
... of indices that will, for the first time, compare fund manager performance on an after-tax basis. FTSE and the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia unveiled 36 different indices that would allow super funds to assess their portfolio performance ...

AIOFP elects new board for PCM

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 13 OCT 2009
Members of the Association of Independently-Owned Financial Planners (AIOFP) have elected a new board to oversee its product manufacturing arm, Personal Choice Management, ahead of a bidding war on which platforms will manage around $4 billion of fund ...

D'Aloisio nominated Joint Forum chair

COMPANY RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 12 OCT 2009
... Banking Supervision (BCBS), the International Organisation for Securities Commissions (IOSCO) and the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS). Nominations for the Joint Forum's chair occur every two years by one of the parent organisations ...