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Advisers should train to fight tax evasion: FPA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JAN 2014
... train financial advisers on identifying and avoiding cases of tax evasion and money laundering, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) said. The FPA general manager of policy and government relations Dante De Gori told Financial Standard that the organisation ...

Hillross awards advisers amid AMP restructure

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... Hillross network. The winners are determined by an expert panel of industry representatives, including Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall and AMP's chief customer officer Paul Sainsbury.

FPA condemns FoFA fear mongers

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JAN 2014
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has urged planners to "rise above the noise of tired, product-centric arguments" in the early days of the watered-down Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. On 20 December 2013 Assistant Treasurer ...

Government releases FoFA amendments

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 DEC 2013
... impartial adviser or a sales rep, and will ultimately reduce confidence in financial advice." The Financial Planning Association (FPA) welcomed the announcement but noted that "there is still room to improve." "We feel there is more to be done to streamline ...

FSC asks Son of Wallis Inquiry to focus on export growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... financial advisers and to review the impact of the FoFA and MySuper legislation on the sector. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) asked Treasury to allow time for the dust to settle after the major changes brought by the Future of Financial Advice ...

Advisers "hopeful" to hear FoFA changes before 2014

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
... take longer because they depend on the Senate, which is due to start sittings in mid-2014. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of policy and government relations Dante De Gori said that the organisation is also in talks with the ...

FPA to lobby against FoFA redundancy

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 DEC 2013
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will lobby to take the opt-in requirement and other redundancies out of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms as soon as the government issues its proposal to amend the legislation. "Opt-in is redundant ...

FPA expects TASA to require "massive" efforts

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 DEC 2013
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) expects the advice industry and the Tax Practitioners Board (TPB) to go through "a massive matching process" to determine competency requirements for advisers under the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA). FPA chief ...

Government to discuss alternative funding for LISC

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 28 NOV 2013
... our own members, we submit that we should work very hard to find an alternative," she said. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have also made submissions to the committee calling for a rethink on the LISC. ...

Industry bodies call for Government LISC U-turn

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 25 NOV 2013
... $18,800 of income, up to the $37,000 threshold. Among the bodies calling for a rethink are the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Financial Services Council (FSC), The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), The Australian Institute ...