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Advisers hampered by conflicted platforms

ALISON BEVEGE  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 MAY 2011
... with advisers required to satisfy the "best interest" duty towards their client, she said. Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall would not be drawn on the conflict of interest created for financial advisers when platform structures ...

Free advice sparks Financial Planning Week

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... enjoy if they took the step of going to see a professional financial adviser. More than 170 Financial Planning Association (FPA) members have signed up to participate in the free advice program which can be accessed at the Good Advice website. The week ...

Planners chance to get involved

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... to galvanise its 8000 members to action as it seeks legal recognition of the professional status of financial planners. The FPA hopes to tap into the expertise and professional skills of members to harness their knowledge. There are plenty of new committees ...

FPA urge Treasury to revise legis

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2011
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has come out in support of the banning of volume-based payments but warn that if its proceeds as currently set, it will be the end of pure platforms. While debating the prevalence of product neutral platforms ...

Infocus names new head of compliance

ELISE BURGESS  |  TUESDAY, 17 MAY 2011
... manager of Queensland sales and service for Commonwealth Financial Services. Dixon was also the winner of the 2000 and 2001 FPA Paraplanner of the Year Award.

Licensee tests offer planners protection

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... be subject to the same best interest tests, according to the Government's FOFA reforms. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) said that one of its recommendations included in the FOFA reforms package was "...consideration of the extent of the best ...

FOFA leaves consumers in the cold

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 28 APR 2011
... objective measure to test whether an adviser has acted in the best interests of their client," said Brogden. Meanwhile, the FPA said that a detailed examination of the FOFA reforms is required to understand how the package will deliver improved outcomes ...

Accountants attack planners over naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2011
... standards. "Nor will it bring back the millions of dollars lost to Storm or Westpoint." But the Financial Planning Association (FPA) attempted to soothe the situation, saying the accountants had got it wrong. "We don't want to exclude other professions," ...

Planners needle minister over FOFA

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... Future of Financial Advice reforms at a luncheon gathering yesterday. Minister Shorten told the Financial Planning Association (FPA) event that the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms would encourage more people to seek professional advice. "The ...

FPA calls for naming rights

ALISON BEVEGE  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2011
... Planner' to members of an approved professional association only - and he has agreed to take it on board. The Association (FPA) has recently embarked on a campaign to put itself forward as the highest guarantee of professional standards in the industry. ...