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FPA announces 2020 award winners

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 26 NOV 2020
... young financial planners," FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said. His firm is also the winner of FPA Professional Practice of the Year Award. "The judges commented that the team at HPH Solutions embody the essence of a true FPA Professional Practice ...

RC recommendations closer to legislation

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 NOV 2020
... that the existing anti-hawking provisions do not effectively protect consumers from harm, and exposed the widespread practice of selling super and insurance products that do not meet their needs. Tighter controls over superannuation trustees' ability ...

Responsible lending laws to be revoked

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 SEP 2020
... elements of the reforms include allowing lenders to rely on the information provided by borrowers, replacing the current practice of 'lender beware' with a 'borrower responsibility' principle and removing the ambiguity of consumer lending laws to small ...

CFA Institute reveals new exam regime

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... by increasing the number of exam administrations for every level, providing multi-day exam windows to eliminate the practice of all candidates sitting in a single day, and a broader footprint of test areas to improve flexibility," the CFA Institute said. ...

FPA award nominations open, new award announced

ALLY SELBY  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 AUG 2020
... August 31. The categories include FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional of the Year Award, FPA Professional Practice of the Year Award, FPA Financial Planner AFP of the Year Award, FPA Paraplanner of the Year Award, FPA University Student of the ...

Super consolidation to slash 60% of funds

HARRISON WORLEY  |  TUESDAY, 9 JUN 2020
... of the past year. Elkins pointed out more funds are announcing large-scale mergers in addition to the "more common" practice of small funds being absorbed into larger operations. "This demonstrates funds are becoming increasingly ambitious in their pursuit ...

South Australian wealth firms merge

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 MAY 2020
... practice has acquired a private wealth firm that was named the Financial Planning Association of Australia's Professional Practice of the Year in 2018. Perks is expanding its Perks Private Wealth business after acquiring Wotherspoon Wealth, which was ...

CountPlus acquires firm

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 MAY 2020
CountPlus member firm CountPlus One has made a new acquisition, acquiring the advice services of Centenary Financial. CountPlus One and Centenary are Count Financial member firms, now clients and key employees of Centenary will transfer to CountPlus ...

Former ASIC lawyer joins private firm

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2020
A former senior manager at ASIC has taken on a new role in the financial services regulatory practice of a well-known Australian law firm. Herbert Smith Freehills announced Lesley Symons had been appointed as an executive counsel in its financial services ...

MLC Life executive joins AFCA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 17 APR 2020
... for ASIC and Clayton Utz. Meanwhile, Gray will join the authority in May after leading the national superannuation practice of law firm Hall & Wilcox, where she has been a partner since 2013. She brings more than a decade of experience on the Law Council ...