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Industry bodies back IFSA charter

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 18 JUN 2009
... service fee. The Financial Planning Association said that the changes foreshadowed in this paper would align well with the FPA's Financial Planner Remuneration proposals. "We further support IFSA's calls for regulatory consistency in the supervision ...

Insurance needs more disclosure

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2009
... predominantly fee-for-service based advice by 2012, as proposed in a government submission by the Financial Planning Association (FPA). The question is, can this be applied to life insurance? It's worth stressing that FPA's recommendation to move away ...

Nooo Commission strips trailing fees off home loans

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
... (AFA), stressed that the decision to develop the product happened well before the fee-for-service debate was re-ignited by FPA's recent proposal that its planning members move away from commissions and into fee-for-service by 2012. "The construction ...

FPA and Bannister Mansfield settle in court

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 22 MAY 2009
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Bannister Mansfield have settled in court and the financial planning firm's director, Gavin Murphy, has apologised for the ads placed in the media. The FPA started proceedings in the Federal Court of Australia ...

Planners face higher PI fees

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 MAY 2009
... the policies received mixed response from the market. Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive at the Financial Planning Association (FPA), said consumers would bear the increased cost to financial planners, who are required to be members of an EDR scheme. In ...

AXA names top adviser

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAY 2009
... program for Newcastle University financial planning graduates. Howden is an active member of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and contributes to a number of charities including Ronald McDonald House. Andrew Waddell, general manager of AXA Financial ...

AFA calls for remuneration choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has questioned the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) role in determining how the industry is remunerated. Richard Klipin, chief executive at the AFA, said the FPA's recent announcement that its membership ...

FPA recommends fee-for-service advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 1 MAY 2009
In a day that marks a new chapter in the financial services sector, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has recommended to the government that the standard remuneration model for advice should be fee-for-service, citing that the "commission-based ...

Govt drafts new credit regime

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... instead of around 2,500 pages of individual state and territory paperwork. In response, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) backed the draft legislation. Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive at the FPA, said the draft regulation addressed a lack of consistency ...

FPA endorses iShares CPD program

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 27 APR 2009
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has accredited the Continuing Professional Development (CPD) program on exchange traded funds (ETF) set up by iShares Australia. The CPD program, which can be accessed using the iShares website, provides two ...