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Original FoFA laws take immediate effect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... said the disallowance would create a "legal quagmire", and cost businesses millions of dollars. Financial Planning Association chief executive Mark Rantall, meanwhile, said it would have "chaotic effects". Opposition spokesperson for financial services ...

FPA Congress begins amid FoFA unrest

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals Congress kicked off in Adelaide this morning, in the wake of the Senate's disallowance of the government's changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. "Our professional body has ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... went further, saying a disallowance would cause havoc to the industry and create a legal quagmire. Financial Planning Association head Mark Rantall said it would have a "catastrophic effect" across the country and continue five years of uncertainty. ...

Sunsuper taps FPA adviser network

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
Sunsuper and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have partnered to form a national advice referral program which connects the fund's members with FPA practices across the country. The partnership sees the fund develop direct relationships ...

FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... personnel are offered an increased pay deal was key to giving the majority to the opposition. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) condemned the disallowance, arguing that "this disallowance motion has the potential to put the entire financial services ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... 31.44 (0.67 per cent) to 4,702.44. US homebuilder confidence rose by four points to 58, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Germany's DAX 30 rose 1.6 per cent as investor confidence in Europe's biggest ...

Market Wrap AM

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... 31.44 (0.67 per cent) to 4,702.44. US homebuilder confidence rose by four points to 58, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Germany's DAX 30 rose 1.6 per cent as investor confidence in Europe's biggest ...

AFA appoints Inspire chair

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has appointed a new chair to its Inspire initiative, replacing Deborah Kent, who is now the association's president. Prominent Financial Services director Christine Swanson will lead AFA Inspire, with a mandate ...

Link Group plans to open Melbourne office

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014
... operation when it takes over Superpartners, Link Group managing director John McMurtrie has said. Speaking at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) annual conference, he said Link Group also hopes to offer jobs to those currently ...

Minto re-elected as ASFA board chair

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 14 NOV 2014