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Libs reject planner commissions ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... clients takes away the need for planner remuneration reforms. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) National Conference, Hockey said it should be up to financial planners to decide which form of payment they should use. ...

Faith in fee for service

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 20 NOV 2009
... "mental shift" to charging fees upfront, said a panel of experts. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) National Conference in Melbourne, Rhonda McKenzie, financial planner at Planning for Life, said one of the biggest challenges ...

Perceived conflicts lethal to planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... the industry's future, said Chris Bowen, the minister for financial services and superannuation. Addressing planners at the FPA conference this morning, Minister Bowen commended the FPA on its decision to move away from commission-based fees for financial ...

FPA calls for whistleblowers and more planner education

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has set up a whistleblowing service and has flagged tougher educational requirements for people who want to become financial planners. Julie Berry, chair at FPA, said the FPA Confidential is an online ...

Giant leap for super advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 NOV 2009
... deadline coincides with a similar deadline imposed by the industry body for planners, the Financial Planning Association (FPA), to its planner members to move away from commission-based fees. The new Charter took nearly a year in consultation and was ...

Opt out, bailed out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... investment professionals further tainting the advice industry. It is one of the reasons why the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are pushing for the same regulatory reform: the need for advisers to ...

Perkovic moves from Count to CFS

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... Association's (IFSA) advice network board committee, Perkovic has also worked in the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) medium and large licensees committee. Brian Bissaker, chief executive at Colonial First State, said Perkovic's appointment ...

Drop commissions or get off APL: AMP

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2009
... want to give them plenty of time to prepare for next year." Similar to the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) stance, the no-commission approach does not include life insurance products. AMP Financial Planning includes around 1,360 planners ...

Planning firm wins Telstra Business Award

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 OCT 2009
... Solutions has won the NSW Telstra Business Award for social responsibility. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) member won the award for demonstrating leadership and contribution to the environment, people, education and the community. ...

FPA board approves move away from commissions

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 OCT 2009
... approved the association's remuneration policy that moves its members away from a commission-based model by July 2012. The FPA received more than 250 responses to its consultation paper "Financial Planner Remuneration" released in May, which helped the ...