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FPA and AFA call for reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
In a sign of solidarity, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are pushing for the same regulatory reform, including the need for advisers to be members of a professional body. While the FPA and AFA ...

PI insurers face $300m in claims

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... Association teamed up with Jardine Lloyd Thompson to launch its Pro PI service for members. As part of the deal, JLT became the FPA's key broker and delivered the industry body's "Pro PI" service that adheres to RG 126 obligations. The arrangement gave ...

Berry Fin Services ready for next growth phase

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 13 JUL 2009
Berry Financial Services managing director and FPA chair, Julie Berry, said ComCorp's 40 per cent stake gives her company more firepower to grow its client base, particularly in the credit union sector. MMC Contrarian subsidiary, ComCorp Financial Advice ...

ASIC lifts restrictions on intra-fund advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... said Pauline Vamos, the association's chief executive. But the financial planning community disagrees. In a media statement, FPA chief executive Jo-Anne Bloch said the plan could place superannuation savings at risk. "We simply cannot understand why ...

Fin services back associations

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 6 JUL 2009
... services institutions and professionals continue to throw their support behind associations and industry bodies such as the FPA, ASFA and SPAA despite pressure to cut costs. The Financial Planning Association (FPA), Association of Superannuation Funds ...

FPA extends free online advice service

FPA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
The Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Ask an Expert online advice service will be available until the end of this month. The initiative was launched last month as part of FPA's Financial Planning Week. Volunteer advisers are on hand to answer basic ...

When ASIC knocks, answer immediately

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... recently received notices from ASIC, as was highlighted in a Sydney Morning Herald article yesterday, were not members of the FPA. Sanders believed them to be accountants who run accounting businesses.

The quest for independent advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... director at Paragem. However, should Australia follow the same path and ban commissions on investment advice (noting that the FPA's government proposal does not include an outright ban on commissions), it would drive further industry consolidation. "One ...

UK planners face new advice regime

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2009
... development parallels similar reforms proposed by Australia's financial planning peak body, the Financial Planning Association (FPA), which recommends that its members transition to fee-based advice by 2012.

Charter needs legislative backing: ISN

COMPANY RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... commissions are deducted from employees' accounts. "While the recent statement of both IFSA and the Financial Planners Association (FPA) are important admissions of the inappropriateness of current sales methods employed by the commercial master trust ...