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Govt change could spell more severe LIF bill: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
... lapsed 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 ...

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 ...

Government releases draft life insurance regulations

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
... not effectively grandfathered by the Life Act... are explicitly grandfathered in the Regulation." Financial Planning Association professional standards and advocacy manager, Benjamin Marshan CFP(R), welcomed the amendments, saying that "While we are ...

Over 45s lead super MDIOs

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 31 MAR 2016
... months we've accredited 528 advisers, launched a national advice referral pilot program with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and established a Living Super referral program for mortgage brokers," Woolnough said. "These key initiatives have boosted ...

Mercer expands financial advice business

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 MAR 2016
... have every office, including 60 financial advisers, accredited as a Professional Practices of the Financial Planning Association (FPA). "Our advisers have the best of both worlds - we can be product agnostic and we can draw upon the latest thinking ...

FPA supports "bitter harvest" recommendations

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 18 MAR 2016
The Financial Planning Association has come out in support of the Senate Economics References Committee's recommendations for stronger ASIC penalties and redefining the term "general advice". FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said that the FPA "recognises ...

New FPA chief steps up

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAR 2016
The new Financial Planning Association's new chief executive has commenced his appointment, succeeding Mark Rantall. Formerly general manager of policy and conduct since 2010, Dante De Gori was announced as Rantall's successor in November 2015; and ...

LIF expected before parliament this week

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 11 FEB 2016
... Advisers chief 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 ...

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 ...