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Cyclists raise $85k for Future2 charity

JOHN MCDULING  |  MONDAY, 16 AUG 2010
... accounted for over half the proceeds. The remaining $40,000 came from individual donations, auction proceeds and joint Future2 - FPA Chapter professional development events in Dubbo, Orange and Wollongong. "We have done the hard yards and now we are ...

FPA and RIAA team up for planners

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) to promote responsible investment advice to its members. The partnership is part of the FPA's push to improve educational opportunities within the financial advice profession, noted a press statement. "Responsible ...

Industry backs MySuper reforms

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 2 AUG 2010
... provisions, the whole reform package is undermined." Not enough? Financial planning bodies, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), said the missing ingredient in the government's response is the incentives ...

FPA calls for award nominees

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is calling for nominations to recognise its long standing best and brightest. The FPA's Distinguished Service Awards recognise individuals that have contributed to the association and volunteered for work throughout ...

Planners cycle for charity

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... money for the foundation and generate awareness of financial planners' roles and contributions in their local communities. The FPA and Future2 are supporting both, encouraging financial planners to donate to the BT Future2 Wheel Classic, and ride with ...

FPA maintains stance on commission ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive, Mark Rantall, said the industry body would pursue its strategy to move away from commission-based remuneration irrespective of the election result. Rantall said their members, which include the biggest ...

AFAC and APESB launch fresh debate on fiduciary duty

MICHELLE BALTAZAR, MEDIA RELEASES  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... Andrew Gale, chief executive of Count and AFAC spokesperson, said that they will be keeping the Financial Planning Association (FPA) updated with their progress but that AFAC would be a direct representation to address key issues contained in the proposed ...

Govt provides flexibility on fee for service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 29 JUN 2010
... the proposed reforms have been positively received by a range of stakeholders, noting the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) have agreed with the "broad thrust" of the package.

FPA sets up Treasury taskforce

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
The Financial Planning Association has established a new taskforce to respond specifically to the FPA's consultation program with Federal Treasury. The new taskforce, called Future of Financial Advice Taskforce, will be responsible for building strong ...

FPA board member resigns, airs governance concerns

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 11 JUN 2010
One of the founders of Matrix Planning Solutions has resigned from the Financial Planning Association (FPA) board due to concerns about the association's governance practices and its fixation on planner remuneration. Rob Pedersen, appointed to the FPA ...