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Advice associations welcome ASIC stance

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... concerned about the workability of certain standards. In separate statements, both the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have welcomed ASIC's approach to licensee obligations for the code ...

Continued calls for code compliance extension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 21 NOV 2019
... licensees in regards to ensuring advisers are registered with a compliance scheme, the Financial Planning Association of Australia is calling for more to ensure compliance. Speaking to Financial Standard, FPA head of policy and standards Ben Marshan ...

Ethics code creates confusion around ESG

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
... to the new FASEA Code of Ethics for financial advisers." A document released by the Financial Planning Association of Australia in April, when only the code and explanatory statement were available, also delved into the issue of ethical investing to ...

FPA Congress could be biggest yet

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 11 NOV 2019
The 2019 Financial Planning Association of Australia Congress is on track to be the biggest yet, with numbers of delegates registered surpassing last year's. Dante De Gori, chief executive of the FPA, said registration numbers are tracking to beat the ...

Former Apogee, GPS Wealth advisers banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 7 NOV 2019
... Financial Adviser Register, Khaw is a certified financial planner and member of the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Meanwhile, ASIC has also banned former Queensland adviser Mark Alexander Rothnie. Rothnie was banned for three years for ...

New FPA board members

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 5 NOV 2019
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has appointed several new board members as a result of recent elections. Alison Henderson and David Sharpe will commence their second term on the FPA board, while William Johns joins the board for the ...

ASIC grants compliance scheme relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2019
... Monitoring Australia - established by the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association of Australia among others - expressing its disappointment on Monday. "The heads of Australia's six leading professional associations ...

Grandfathered commissions ban passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 15 OCT 2019
... Government's roadmap, and that the arrangements reached are workable for business." The Financial Planning Association of Australia head of policy and standards Benjamin Marshan said the FPA has long supported the phasing-out of commissions on investment ...

Code monitoring move disappoints industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2019
... players in the advice industry, including the Association of Financial Advisers, the Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association (SAFAA). Frydenberg and Hume said in a joint statement that the government ...

Advice associations slammed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 OCT 2019
... An industry group has lashed out at the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association of Australia, labelling them conflicted and driven by self-interest. The United Financial Advisers Association (formerly known as the Life ...