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Register to include qualifications, association membership

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 1 DEC 2014
The government's public financial adviser register will include adviser's qualifications and professional association memberships by March 2015, Treasury has confirmed. A statement by the department confirmed that the register will also include the ...

Hastings appoints new TIF portfolio manager

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... Asia strategy and played a role in securing TIF's first international investor from Korea, the Military Mutual Aid Association. Siapikoudis leaves his position at TIF after six years in the role. Under him TIF grew from $280 million to $1.7 billion. ...

Industry welcomes grandfathering deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... consequences of scrapping grandfathering from the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall noted that the move "will ensure competition in the financial industry by enabling ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... Australian Bureau of Statistics releases construction work done data for the September quarter and the Housing Industry Association/Commonwealth Bank affordability report, also for the September quarter, is due out. In equities news, Suncorp chief executive ...

FPA shines light on "catch-all" dilemma

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... interests' duty provision is back, with advisers wondering what it means for their businesses. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of policy and conduct Dante de Gori and Rockwell Olivier lawyer Peter Bobbin analysed the issue during ...

Industry bodies must avoid duplicating work: ASFA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 NOV 2014
... on their guard against duplicating the same work and consider merging if duplication is taking place, according to Association of Superannuation Funds of Australian (ASFA) chief executive Pauline Vamos. "I think more and more there is a risk that industry ...

FPA Future2 award goes to Kathy Havers

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has awarded the 2014 Future2 Community Service of the Year Award to Catalyst Financial Group adviser Kathy Havers. The award was announced at the FPA Congress in Adelaide and recognises FPA members ...

Advisers confronted with harsh reality of whistleblowing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... difference, former Commonwealth Bank adviser and whistleblower Jeff Morris told advisers at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) Congress. "There's a moment when you suddenly realise it's you doing it," Morris said, describing the moment when he ...

Stephen Godfrey awarded FPA adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
Brisbane-based Visis Private Wealth adviser Stephen Godfrey won the Financial Planning Association (FPA) financial planner of the year award presented at the FPA Congress in Adelaide. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall highlighted Godfrey's "fact finding ...

Grandfathering set to become next advice battlefield

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... legislation. "We are quite confident that we'll get the grandfathering provisions sorted out," Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall told advisers at the FPA Congress in Adelaide. "The priority now is to fix grandfathering ...