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FoFA disallowance vote will save "millions"

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUL 2014
... Planning Association (FPA). Commenting on the deal that was struck in the Senate this afternoon, the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said the result of the deal was a "sensible outcome". "The removal of the retrospective fee disclosure statement is ...

CBA reaction too slow, too little, too late

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2014
... development per year and sign up to membership of an approved professional association," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. The FPA is also calling on the government to establish a summit of industry leaders to address the 61 recommendations ...

FPA calls for industry summit to restore trust in advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUL 2014
... regulated itself in co-operation with government, regulators and community stakeholders," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. "If we can't have a Summit which commands the respect of the public, one with genuine teeth that can truly deliver positive ...

Platinum steps up focus on adviser market

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014
... expected to attend the Professionals Congress in November. Commenting on the tie-up with Platinum, FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said:A "The FPA is delighted to continue a mutually beneficial partnership arrangement aimed at raising the educational ...

Senate report, a turning point for advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
... and personal financial advice outcomes that benefit, and are trusted by, all consumers." The FPA chief executive Mark Rantall was satisfied at the fact that the association's recommendations to the inquiry were included in the final report. "We are therefore ...

Young adviser wins first Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... ahead along the path to professionalism, which we first embarked on some twenty years ago," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. "It was Gwen who really started us on this path, it was Gwen who brought the Certified Financial Planner designation ...

Palmer United will hold the key to FoFA approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... non-controversial, it will be easy to pass, but we're expecting that there will be some contention," FPA chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard. Both the FPA and the AFA have started talks with Senators, but they are yet to meet with the ...

FPA and AFA unite: stop commissions on general advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... good performance," but not with commissions directly linked to the amount of business sold. The FPA chief executive Mark Rantall asked for the term general advice to be re-named "general or product information" and be limited to the provision of "factual ...

FPA campaigns for a separation of product and advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... expect that financial advice -not product sales- always be given in their best interest," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. "FoFA began as a set of ideals for the future of financial advice," he said. He added that "without formal moves to forever ...

FPA appoints former NAB Wealth exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... "further embed the role of professionalism and certification in the financial planning sector." FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said of the appointment: "The FPA is genuinely excited about the opportunity to attract an executive of Tom's calibre with ...