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Statements of Advice: Out with the old

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... Advice Intelligence roundtable, Financial Planning Association of Australia head of policy and government relations Ben Marshan said the advice industry's inexplicable obsession with hardcopy Statements of Advice is a hindrance in more ways than one. ...

FPA predicts self-licensing tsunami

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 25 JUN 2018
... discussion about goals-based advice at a recent Advice Intelligence roundtable, FPA head of policy and government relations Ben Marshan said construction of the current licensing regime is hindering advisers' ability to demonstrate value and strengthen ...

Baby boomers receive $259 million, pension work bonus lifted

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... Aussies are currently on the Age Pension. Financial Planning Association's head of policy and government relations Ben Marshan said lifting the pension work bonus has a positive impact on retirees. "Allowing age pension age Australian's the ability to ...

Royal Commission sees increased ASIC, APRA funding

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... allowed to borrow directly. Earlier today, Financial Planning Association head of policy and government relations Ben Marshan said the FPA has "supportive of the extra funding ASIC received last year. ASIC is moving to a self-funding model from this ...

What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... this year we are supportive of it, especially for financial planning," FPA head of policy and government relations Ben Marshan said. Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) Last year the body which now represents $1.2 trillion of profit-to-member ...

Advisers call for exam, standards clarity

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 NOV 2017
... and what the formidable exam entails. The Financial Planning Association's head of policy and government relations, Ben Marshan, said several areas of the industry reforms are still a work in progress and it's not until the code of ethics is finalised ...

Regulatory costs unsustainable: FPA

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 28 SEP 2017
... consumers at a much higher fee level than those charged by a large licensee. FPA head of policy and government relations Ben Marshan said the wrong kind of regulation might see small licensee businesses become less price competitive than counterparts ...

FPA pushes tax deductible incentives

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAR 2017
... the first step towards organising their finances on a strategic basis", FPA head of policy and government relations Ben Marshan says. Research commissioned by the FPA found 30% of those who have not used financial advice and don't intend to in the future ...

Landmark advice reforms pass Senate

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  FRIDAY, 10 FEB 2017
... Progress has been made in these areas, but more work is required," Fox said. FPA head of policy and government relations, Ben Marshan, said the passing of the legislation brings an end to the ongoing uncertainty for advisers and clients. "Our members ...

Life insurance code needs clarity: FPA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 22 SEP 2016
... protections offered under the law." Speaking with Financial Standard, head of policy and government relations at the FPA Ben Marshan said the current draft of the code does not provide enough clarity as to what it is trying to achieve and how financial ...