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Industry applauds ISN-FSC union

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 5 AUG 2013
... taken seriously? "Time will tell what the outcome will be," Mark Rantall, chief executive of the Financial Planners Association (FPA), said. Rantal argued that it was necessary for "the whole industry to work together on matters of national importance ...

SG rise through House of Representatives

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2011
... their financial futures and ensuring they are better prepared for retirement," said head of the Financial Planners Association, Mark Rantall. However the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) is slamming the hike, accusing the government ...

AMP planning associations adopt insight products

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 1 NOV 2011
AMP Financial Planners Association, Hillross Advisers Association and General Insurance Advisors Association have adopted a new business insight product to provide strategic guidance during regulatory change. In response to predicted increases in operations ...

FPA ad campaign sneak preview released to members

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2011
Members of the Financial Planners Association will today have access to the, yet to be released, TV advertising campaign so they can see it before it goes live on September 18. The package, produced by advertising agency Banjo, compares financial planners ...

Industry body applauds move to define financial planners

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... financial planner in law, which is very significant," said Mark Rantall, chief executive officer, Financial Planners Association. "We believe that provides an added consumer safeguard to ensure that when Australians are dealing with a financial planner ...

Government bowing to pressure on super risk commissions

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 4 AUG 2011
... backbenchers Bernie Ripoll and Deb O'Neill had been very influential in the change of thinking. "The Financial Planners Association have been putting up a good lobbying campaign, perhaps in contrast to one other financial planning group and certainly ...

Advisers fear super fund competition

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2011
... their businesses in the future and say it is unfair competition as the fees are hidden. At a recent Financial Planners Association luncheon in Sydney, advisers made their fears known to Financial Services Minister Bill Shorten in question time. "How ...

Treasury targets $18.8bn in lost super

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 7 FEB 2011
... Australia (ASFA), which call for more action to be done, calling this the first step. Meanwhile, the Financial Planners Association (FPA) has supported the action, with plans to review the detail as outlined in the draft legislation and contribute to ...

FPA chair to step down in November

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 27 SEP 2010
After three years at the helm of the Financial Planners Association, Julie Berry will be stepping down as chair in November. Berry, who began her three-year tenure in 2007 has decided not to put herself forward for re-election at the annual general ...

Mistaken identity on term deposits

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... a financial planner would use a term deposit in a client's profile," said Julie Berry, chair of Financial Planners Association of Australia. "Basically a term deposit is a 'dollar-in, dollar-out' approach, there is no risk from interest rate fluctuations. ...