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FPA deal with Cbus sparks super fund interest

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 JAN 2015
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has received expressions of interest from several superannuation funds keen on striking referral deals similar to those signed with Cbus and Sunsuper. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard ...

Advisers help construction workers build their wealth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 23 JAN 2015
... they protect that," Dale said. The program started on July 2014, only a few months after the Financial Planning Association (FPA) struck a referral deal with construction and building industry super fund Cbus. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall labelled ...

AMP's Hillross crowns best advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
... (CFP) in the dealer group's network. A panel of judges from across the industry, including Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall assessed and judged the winners. Clients of the finalists were also surveyed by an independent ...

Industry waiting on Frydenberg for adviser education guidance

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
... make public the government's position on the Senate inquiry into adviser education standards. Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of policy and conduct Dante De Gori told Financial Standard that the organisation has not met Frydenberg ...

FPA sets sights on lifting professional standards

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 16 JAN 2015
... quality of advice across the financial planning industry is to be consistent, according to Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall. The industry body has labelled 2015 the year of professional standards and has thrown its weight ...

Government repeals Palmer FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
... licensee they move to, fostering greater fairness across the financial planning profession," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall said. "The repeal of the SOA changes is another good outcome for the profession today," ...

Second Gwen Fletcher award winner named

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 9 DEC 2014
A Crowe Horwath financial planner has won the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) second Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. Amy Early, has been a financial planner for two years and received the award for being the highest achieving student in last semester's ...

FPA appoints WA chapter chair

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 5 DEC 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has appointed a new chair of its Western Australian chapter. Certified financial planner David Sharpe, of Globe Financial Planning, takes over from Randall Stout. He will support the FPA in ensuring ...

Industry welcomes grandfathering deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... consequences of scrapping grandfathering from the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall noted that the move "will ensure competition in the financial industry by enabling ...

FPA shines light on "catch-all" dilemma

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 NOV 2014
... interests' duty provision is back, with advisers wondering what it means for their businesses. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of policy and conduct Dante de Gori and Rockwell Olivier lawyer Peter Bobbin analysed the issue during ...