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FPA campaigns for a separation of product and advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has asked the government to create "a surgical cut" between product sales and financial advice. The campaign promotes the inclusion of SoPA -or separation of product and advice- into FoFA -or the Future of Financial ...

Cuts to ASIC and ATO push industry to self-regulation

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 MAY 2014
... also be sold and proceeds for the sale will be reinvested in the Asset Recycling Fund. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of policy and conduct Dante De Gori said that the organisation will be paying "close attention to the funding ...

Budget forces advisers to rethink tax, retirement strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... included in the income test for the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card for new recipients. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) noted that the government has kept its promise not to make changes to superannuation. ...

FPA appoints former NAB Wealth exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has appointed Tom Reddacliff to the new role of general manager, member growth and marketing. Reddacliff moves to the FPA after many years at the National Australia Bank group, holding positions both at NAB and ...

Stakeholders stage FoFA confrontation in Senate submissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2014
... the big four banks and other large multi-product financial institutions," Neilson said. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) said it supports the removal of the 'catch-all' phrase, but expressed its strong opposition to "any possible re-introduction ...

New reports to stir financial planning perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... sales-driven culture inside the Commonwealth Bank's financial planning unit has prompted the Financial Planning Association (FPA) to leap to advisers' defense. Tonight's airing of 'Banking Bad' on the ABC's Four Corners program is set to stir the debate ...

FPA creates Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will recognise the highest achieving student in the CFP Certification Program each semester with the newly-created Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award. The award was named after the late 'First Lady of financial planning'. ...

Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... (FoFA) reforms indicate that "there is a will within the industry to make things change." Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall proposed "a hybrid model where the profession itself deals with everything that has to do with ...

CBA exec joins Future2 board

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... now has nine directors and trustees, including three who are nominated by the board of the Financial Planning Association (FPA). Perkovic has twenty years' experience in financial services. She joined CBA in 2010 and prior to that she held executive ...

FPA announces winners of research grants

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has announced the two winners of the inaugural Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC) university research grants. A team from Griffith University and a consortium of academics from Griffith University, University ...