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IPA joins calls for LISC reintroduction

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 APR 2014
... better than the tax payable by their super fund. Other bodies calling for a rethink include the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Financial Services Council (FSC), The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), The Australian Institute ...

FPA calls for clear separation of general and personal advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) asked the Financial System Inquiry (FSI) to review the definitions of general and personal advice over concerns that the terms make it difficult for consumers to distinguish personal advice from product sales. ...

Cbus first industry fund to get Lonsec rating

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 31 MAR 2014
... (Cbus MySuper), where 90% of the funds 700,000 plus members have their money invested. The rating further progresses Cbus' FPA Professional Practices referral program pilot which has seen Cbus partnering with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) ...

Industry pushes for more consumer protection under FoFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 25 MAR 2014
... legislation, which some stakeholders believe will lead to increased consumer protection. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has repeatedly said that the Coalition's proposed amendments could potentially reintroduce commissions back to superannuation ...

Cormann freezes FoFA amendments

MARK SMITH, ALICE URIBE  |  MONDAY, 24 MAR 2014
... industry by capturing individuals not directly involved in providing advice to clients." The Financial Planning Association (FPA) was just one industry body that expressed concerns over the amended bill. "We would have liked to see an explicit prohibition ...

Industry receives FoFA bill with mixed feelings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... Association is supportive of the amendments, other than the general advice exemption on advice and superannuation products," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard. Rantall said that the Association would have liked to see an explicit ...

Cormann to take over Sinodinos' duties

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... policy that has turned into the reforms of the Future of Financial Advice legislation," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard. The Association of Financial Advice (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox ...

Government limits general advice exemption in FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 20 MAR 2014
... reintroducing commissions, but it limits it and makes it unlikely that they come back," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of policy and government relations Dante De Gori told Financial Standard. "We would have liked to see an ...

FoFA introduced into parliament with some tweaks

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... receipt of conflicted remuneration to employees only of a financial services licensee. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) welcomed the changes to the bill. "Whilst this policy shift tightens the pre-conditions under which conflicted remuneration ...

FoFA changes to be tabled today

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... amendments to parliament. Dante De Gori, general manager, policy and government relations at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said he expects the government to introduce the changes both as legislation and regulation. "Our understanding is the ...