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VFMC appoints risk manager from AIA

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... compliance manager at Asgard Wealth Solutions and a professional standards officer at the Financial Planning Association of Australia. This appointment follows the news that VFMC has appointed ASIC markets disciplinary panel chair Lisa Gay and former ...

LGS appoints head of advice

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 MAY 2016
... Business Degree from the University of Technology in Sydney and is a member of the Financial Planning Association of Australia. LGS said the appointment is in line with its strategy to increase the take-up of financial advice among its members by expanding ...

FPA appoints new education head

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 9 MAY 2016
The Financial Planning Association of Australia has appointed a new head of education. Shaun Weston-Cole will take on the role, replacing Howard Cook, who has transitioned into the role of FPA head of academic relations. In the role Weston-Cole will ...

Advisers encouraged to review changes carefully

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 MAY 2016
... accounts from which a draw down is made." Similarly chief executive officer at the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), Dante De Gori argued that changes to the TTR will negatively affect thousands of middle to low income earners, who will ...

Govt change could spell more severe LIF bill: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... Corporations Amendment (Life Insurance Remuneration Arrangements) Bill 2016, according to Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) chief executive officer Dante De Gori. The bill which was slated to be in effect from 1 July 2016 will now need ...

Royal Commission disruptive to reforms: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 19 APR 2016
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has argued that a Royal Commission into financial services would waste millions of tax payer's dollars if it were to include advice. The FPA argues that the industry has undertaken and is implementing ...

LIF expected before parliament this week

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... executive Brad Fox, who participated in the development of the LIF along with the Financial Planning Association of Australia and Financial Services Council, has maintained that any clawback provisions beyond a year are "punitive". Other industry stakeholders ...

FPA charity names new chair

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 DEC 2015
Future2, the charitable foundation of the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), has appointed Matthew Rowe as chair and added three new directors/trustees. Rowe has been the Future2 chair elect since 2014. He joined the Future2 board in ...

Former FPA chair joins Tax Practitioners Board

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 11 DEC 2015
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has welcomed the appointment of a financial adviser to the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) after long advocating for the position. Former FPA chair Julie Berry is one of five new board appointments ...

SSFS rebrands, launches digital advice

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 16 OCT 2015
... company's commitment to have all of its financial planners attain membership with the Financial Planning Association of Australia and receive Certified Financial Planner designation. "StatePlus is front and centre in the mission to improve standards ...