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AFA, FPA share bleak view of industry

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 30 JUN 2020
The Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Association of Australia have appeared before the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics, sharing austere views of the financial advice industry. AFA general manager, policy ...

SG does wonders for households: Research

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 29 JUN 2020
... better off because of the compulsory superannuation system, according to new research. The latest report from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) estimates compulsory super has added $500 billion to Australian households' savings ...

FPA, TPB to share information

ALLY SELBY  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2020
... to the Tax Agent Services Act 2009 and the Code of Professional Conduct. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said the association was honoured to be the first of its kind to enter into an MOU with the tax organisation. "The FPA has built a strong and close ...

ATO data heaps pressure on ASIC's SMSF fact sheet

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 22 JUN 2020
... the figure of almost $14,000 used by ASIC." After the release of the ATO's new figures, Maroney today said the association is "extremely supportive" of the ATO's decision to release more granular data about SMSF expenses. "Previous analysis relied ...

Confusion over RG 146 requirements

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUN 2020
... professional development (CPD) financial advisers are still required to do. SAFAA chief executive Judith Fox said that the association was getting queries from members who were unclear on whether they still had to do RG 146 CPD, now that the new FASEA ...

Calls for overhaul of AFSL system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... adviser. Allowing AFSLs to focus on the regulatory oversight of financial products instead could mitigate this, the association believes. As part of the Royal Commission reforms, a single disciplinary body is to be established that will require the registration ...

FASEA boycott sparks in-fighting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
... times had been nothing short of regulatory overreach. "Enough is enough," he said. Another advice association, the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP) reached out to their membership about the UFAA's boycott suggestion. ...

ASIC bans Linchpin directors

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2020
... the managing directer of Beacon Financial, which was a subsidiary of Linchpin. He also used to be the chair of the Association of Independently Owned Financial Professionals (AIOFP). ASIC found that the three directors failed to act in the best interests ...

FASEA unclear why advisers are quitting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2020
... advisers and corresponds with advice associations including the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), as well as the SMSF Association among others. There are just over 22,000 financial advisers ...

Merging super funds guaranteed tax relief

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2020
... announcement to make this a permanent policy." Association of Super Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy said the association "strongly supported" a super industry which is competitive and continuously improving, both in terms of productivity ...