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Pro bono advice for disaster victims

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
... Association of Australia yesterday said that it had re-launched a pro bono service. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has started the service up again to provide free financial advice to Australians affected by the recent natural ...

FPA grief over new fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
... the FoFA regulations stamped out most commissions to make sure financial advice was fair. Financial Planning Association (FPA) boss Mark Rantall released a statement that said the organisation is concerned that advisers still need to give existing fee-paying ...

FPA praises 'truth in labelling' legislation

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
... their training, competence, and even licensing. While this announcement was welcomed by the Financial Planning Association (FPA), it falls short of their proposal for financial planners to be members of a professional association. Describing it as a ...

FPA awards Australia's best financial planners

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
... from a qualified and professional financial planner acting in their best interest," said Mark Rantall, chief executive of the FPA. Michelle Tate-Lovery of Carlton-based Unified Financial Services won the FPA Certified Financial Planner Professional Best ...

Professional membership sees advisers paid more

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... house Investment Trends surveyed 845 financial planners in October this year, and found that Financial Planning Association (FPA) members earn 33% more than non-FPA advisers. Investment Trends' research also suggests that higher education standards equal ...

FPA calls for greater scrutiny of fund managers

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 NOV 2012
Fund managers must be held to account just like financial planners, says The Financial Planning Association's Dante De Gori. Research from State Street published yesterday showed that less than half of Australian's believed advisers acted in the best ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
... FANTASTIC HOLDINGS LTD - flat at $2.85 Furniture retailer Fantastic Holdings says retail conditions are slowly improving. FPA - FISHER AND PAYKEL ALLIANCES HOLDINGS LTD - up 0.5 cents, or 0.49 per cent, at $1.01 Chinese whitegoods maker Haier has declared ...

ASIC consults on code approval under FOFA

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... and compliance requirements are in place for the new regime." Proposed revisions to the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Code of Professional Practice was also announced yesterday. FPA said it intends to evolve the professional standards of members ...

FPA to push advice via social media

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 20 AUG 2012
The FPA has launched a social media heavy campaign as part of its 12th Financial Planning Week. The move is part of a push by the FPA to increase the profile of financial advice and augment the number of Australians who access the advice service. The ...

FSC launches life commission claw-back

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... network members." Despite the consultation the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Planning Association (FPA), "have not given their full support at this stage," Brogden said. "The critical thing is that the FSC represents the life ...