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FPA rejects FSC adviser regulation plans

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has rejected the Financial Services Council's (FSC) proposal to establish a statutory, independent board to oversee advice, saying that there was no need for further regulation, with the mooted board simply "reinventing ...

Cbus launches self-managed option

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 SEP 2014
... a Certified Financial Planner sourced under our Professional Practice Referral Program with the Financial Planning Association (FPA) of Australia." Cbus said it will send out letters to a "fairly large cohort" of members who qualify for the option providing ...

Ties between product and advice "archaic": FPA

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2014
The Financial Planning Association urged the Financial System Inquiry to review the definition of 'financial product advice' in the Corporations Act and said that the current regime was "detrimental to innovation." In its second submission to inquiry ...

Higher adviser education should kick off on 2018: FPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2014
... financial advisers should be forced to hold a higher education degree from January 1, 2018, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said in its submission to a Parliamentary Joint Committee (PJC) inquiry. The PJC on Corporations and Financial Services ...

Ray Martin to open FPA 2014 Conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
Journalist and media personality Ray Martin will be opening this year's Financial Planning Association (FPA) Professionals' Congress in Adelaide. Martin will host the inaugural discussion along with former supermodel and writer Tara Moss, Punchbowl ...

Young Australians want 'quick fix' tips from advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 SEP 2014
... 'quick fix' tips from their financial planners, as opposed to long-term comprehensive advice, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said. The results of the FPA's Financial Planning Week campaign prove that young Australians want advisers to help ...

BT unveils tougher adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 26 AUG 2014
... planners will be required to obtain the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation from the Financial Planning Association (FPA) or a masters designation and the CFP designation by 2019. NAB senior planners will also have to hold the CFP designation ...

NAB gives advisers 3 years to meet tougher standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... planners will be required to obtain the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation from the Financial Planning Association (FPA) or a masters designation and the CFP designation by 2019. NAB senior planners will also have to hold the CFP designation ...

FPA turns to social media on Financial Planning Week

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
This year's Financial Planning Week by the Financial Planning Association (FPA) will turn to social media as a strategy to encourage Australians to seek advice. The FPA will be answering to consumers' questions on financial advice through the 'Ask an ...

AMP lifts minimum adviser standards

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2014
... industry and will be in place by mid-2015. The measures announced today have the support of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA).A AMP is liaising with these groups and calling on the industry to adopt ...