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Cbus and FPA sign adviser referral deal

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2014
Industry super fund Cbus members will have access to Financial Planning Association (FPA) certified financial planners after the two organisations joined together to launch a referral program. The national referral program which is scheduled to start ...

CBA to fund adviser education and association membership

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUL 2014
... planners will be required to obtain the Certified Financial Planner certification with the Financial Planning Association (FPA). Starting from Friday last week, all new CBA advisers, direct supervisors or managers must hold a degree in finance, business ...

Cormann tables adviser register to "weed out bad apples"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 17 JUL 2014
A public register of financial advisers will help "weed out bad apples," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said after the government announced the creation of a working group to consult with stakeholders. Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said ...

Government succeeds in securing final FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... products. "Advisers will need to state it in the SoAs on top of the Corporations Act," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of policy and conduct Dante De Gori told Financial Standard. "It's done from a transparency perspective; it's ...

Labor, Greens will "keep fighting" after FoFA backflip

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 JUL 2014
... opposition would have to convince fringe party senators to change their position again. The Financial Planning Association (FPA)'s general manager of policy and conduct Dante De Gori told Financial Standard that even if the inquiry went through, the ...

FoFA disallowance vote will save "millions"

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... (FoFA) legislation will save the financial services industry millions of dollars according the Financial Planning Association (FPA). Commenting on the deal that was struck in the Senate this afternoon, the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said the result ...

CBA unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 JUL 2014
... pressure on them," Fox said. When asked about what the future looks like for advisers, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall spoke about education standards and technical competency. But he said that all advisers should ...

CBA reaction too slow, too little, too late

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... they have apologised," he added, and noted that "for a long period there was denial." The Financial Planning Association (FPA) welcomed CBA's compensation commitment, but called for an increase of education requirements at the bank's financial planning ...

FPA calls for industry summit to restore trust in advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... about time the entire industry regulated itself in co-operation with government, regulators and community stakeholders," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. "If we can't have a Summit which commands the respect of the public, one with genuine ...

Platinum steps up focus on adviser market

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has revealed that Platinum Asset Management will be its main sponsor for its 2014 Professionals Congress in Adelaide in November. In an interview with Financial Standard in April, Platinum co-founder and managing ...