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What the associations want from Budget 2018

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAY 2018
... services associations will be hoping for. Financial Planning Association (FPA) In a 45-page pre-budget submission, the association representing 13,000 financial planners sets out 19 recommendations to the Federal Government. All but one of these recommendations ...

Govt reforms can tackle super gender gap: ASFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 4 MAY 2018
In the lead up to this year's Federal budget, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia is calling on the Government to take action on a worrying statistic that 80% of women won't have enough money upon retirement. ASFA is using its new white ...

Retirement spending declines faster than believed: Research

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... years of 65-69 years. Milliman's calculation is drastically higher than the 7.8% drop previously estimated by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). "The faster-than-expected drop-off in spending casts doubt on some common rules ...

Retirement income expert joins SMSFA

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... settings in these areas. Challenger retirement income chair Jeremy Cooper will provide expertise and knowledge to the association, joining six other committee members from the board and senior executive team. Cooper's career spans more than three decades. ...

Uncertainty abounds future of advice regulation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... Counsel Assisting Rowena Orr said the testimonies provided by the Financial Planning Association of Australia, the Association of Financial Advisers and ASIC gave rise to numerous questions around the adequacy of existing laws and policies. It also raised ...

Sixty per cent of FPA members hold degree

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2018
... planning industry overall. After 3200 members responded in the fortnight since the FPA issued its questionnaire, the association released an insight that 60% of members hold a degree. This is compared with just 35% across the planning industry as discovered ...

Adviser regulation lacking a professional body, RC hears

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers decided to retain two financial advisers as members despite them receiving official banning orders from ASIC because the association didn't want to tarnish its reputation and engage in a legal battle. AFA chief ...

MGP responds to Henderson's RC hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... compiling this list, Financial Standard requested the assistance of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to confirm that no one on the FS Power50 has breached their respective membership rules. The ...

Advice firm impersonated clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... compiling this list, Financial Standard requested the assistance of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to confirm that no one on the FS Power50 has breached their respective membership rules. The ...

Royal Commission grills professional associations

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... all FPA members to be informed about the "internal workings" of the process and what it means to be a member of the association. While he didn't respond to the email, De Gori said he was not happy with Henderson's tone and what he was potentially insinuating. ...