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Advisers confronted with harsh reality of whistleblowing

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... under pressure" and Rockwell Olivier lawyer Peter Bobbin participated in the panel, along with FPA chief executive Mark Rantall. Bobbin stressed the need for financial services organisations to have a whistleblowing policy "to make the process easier ...

Stephen Godfrey awarded FPA adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... Association (FPA) financial planner of the year award presented at the FPA Congress in Adelaide. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall highlighted Godfrey's "fact finding analysis and strategic client review process." Godfrey is a private client adviser specialising ...

Grandfathering set to become next advice battlefield

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... confident that we'll get the grandfathering provisions sorted out," Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall told advisers at the FPA Congress in Adelaide. "The priority now is to fix grandfathering because as an adviser you ...

FPA Congress begins amid FoFA unrest

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... members who deliver qualified and trusted financial advice and have the highest standards of professionalism," the FPA Mark Rantall said. The opening session also included a panel discussion on inspiration and greatness with journalist and media personality ...

Original FoFA laws take immediate effect

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... create a "legal quagmire", and cost businesses millions of dollars. Financial Planning Association chief executive Mark Rantall, meanwhile, said it would have "chaotic effects". Opposition spokesperson for financial services Bernie Ripoll, however, downplayed ...

Industry furious at financial advice swap

AAP & ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... a disallowance would cause havoc to the industry and create a legal quagmire. Financial Planning Association head Mark Rantall said it would have a "catastrophic effect" across the country and continue five years of uncertainty. But Naomi Halpern, a ...

Sunsuper taps FPA adviser network

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... full financial position." The partnership is the second of its kind for the FPA. The industry body's chief executive Mark Rantall said new collaboration would ensure that more Australians would have access to a Certified Financial Planner. "After the ...

FoFA disallowance could put industry into breach of law

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 NOV 2014
... potential to put the entire financial services industry immediately into breach of the law." FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said that "the industry has been adhering to these regulations for nearly five months." He noted that "the original FoFA reforms ...

Higher adviser education standards boost CFP demand

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... results reflect a voluntary movement towards higher education standards across our profession," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. "There are already around 5,500 CFP professionals in this country and there are many pathways for those who want ...

Arthur's back. Wait, no he's not

COLIN BRINSDEN, AAP ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT  |  FRIDAY, 24 OCT 2014
... Investments Commission for Australian Financial Services licensees by $5 to $44. Financial Planning Association boss Mark Rantall said it was a "big step" in the right direction. "When you go to a financial planner you have the right to know you can ...