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FoFA anxiety remains high: FPA

BEN COLLINS  |  TUESDAY, 12 FEB 2013
Compliance and the cost of regulation are the main concerns for financial planning businesses in the current environment, said the Financial Planning Association after a survey. Recent research shows that Future of Financial Advice compliance and the ...

Pro bono advice for disaster victims

STAFF JOURNALIST  |  THURSDAY, 7 FEB 2013
Disaster victims will get free financial advice after the Financial Planning 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 ...

FPA grief over new fee rules

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 25 JAN 2013
The Financial Planning Association has said it is "concerned" with a part of the Australian Securities & Investments Commission's final guidance on fee disclosure. Today the corporate watchdog handed down guidelines that tell Australian financial services ...

FPA praises 'truth in labelling' legislation

MARK STORY  |  THURSDAY, 29 NOV 2012
Draft legislation released yesterday states that only those fully licensed and authorised to provide personal financial advice are actually entitled to call themselves a financial planner/adviser. Currently, under the Corporations Act 2001, there is ...

FPA awards Australia's best financial planners

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2012
Three financial planners from Victoria have scooped the Financial Planning Association's top national accolades at this year's Best Practice Awards. The awards are designed to acknowledge the positive contribution made by Australia's best financial ...

Professional membership sees advisers paid more

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
Financial planers who belong to a professional body earn more money, research shows. Research house Investment Trends surveyed 845 financial planners in October this year, and found that Financial Planning Association (FPA) members earn 33% more than ...

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 ...

ASIC consults on code approval under FOFA

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
ASIC has released its consultation paper on its approach to code approval and relief powers under the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) regulations, outlining plans to take a facilitative approach to the implementation of the reforms. Australia's corporate ...

FSC launches life commission claw-back

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
A new initiative has been unveiled that will see financial advisers repay their entire commissions on life insurance if a policy lapses in the first year. The Financial Services Council (FSC) will spearhead the claw-back system, which could see advisers ...

FPA chairman extends term

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUL 2012
Financial Planning Association of Australia chairman, Matthew Rowe, has extended his term until November 2014. Rowe cited the "job left to do" in raising the professional bar on behalf of Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) members and ...