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FASEA compliance has silver lining

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... meeting FASEA's Code of Ethics requirements can be a great push to get it in order, according to a speaker at the FPA Congress. In a session about being a good corporate citizen, Suzanne Haddan, managing director of BFG Financial Services shared ...

AFCA reveals approach to Code of Ethics compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... has outlined its approach to assessing financial planner conduct in relation to the Code of Ethics. Speaking at the FPA Congress, AFCA deputy chief ombudsman June Smith said the body will take a measured and considered approach to interpreting the code's ...

How it can all go wrong

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
In the most-talked about session on the FPA Congress program, former Queensland adviser James Cribb sat down with his lawyer Rhett Das to explain how he came to be banned and what he wishes he'd done differently. In July last year, Cribb was banned ...

Regulators quash remuneration rumours

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... say that any forms of remuneration are specifically a conflict, FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield told the FPA Congress. Appearing as part of a regulatory update alongside ASIC commissioner Danielle Press, Glenfield said advisers should be using ...

How much a self-licensee spends on compliance

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... financial planner has shared how much her practice spends on compliance for every $100 of its revenue. Speaking at the FPA Congress, Angela Martyn of Personal Financial Services said $4.50 for every $100 of revenue is currently going towards compliance ...

FASEA exam tips from those who passed

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... financial planners who recently passed the FASEA exam have offered their tips for success to delegates at the 2019 FPA Congress during a chat with the authority's chief executive, Stephen Glenfield. Glenfield sat with Tupicoffs' Delma Newton, Kearsten ...

Business giants attempt to crack financial planning

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2019
... Radek Sali, former Costa Group managing director Simon Costa and Flamingo AI chief executive Catriona Wallace at the FPA Congress. In response, Wallace said the first thing she's do is automate manual tasks in the practice. "We look at who is sitting ...

FASEA chief to provide update

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
The chief executive of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority will address delegates at the FPA Congress, with an update expected. FASEA chief executive Stephen Glenfield will speak as part of a regulatory update, with Julie Berry from ...

New social network for advisers

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
... period of immense change for the profession. Introduced by the Financial Planning Association of Australia at the 2019 FPA Congress, the FPA Community platform will allow members to share their views on topical issues, pose and answer questions, and ...

Paraplanners tackle compliance challenges

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 NOV 2019
The role of paraplanners in compliance has been highlighted at the FPA Congress, with discussion turning to the FASEA Code of Ethics which continues to present complications. Nadia Docker is director, client engagement at Integrity Compliance and part ...