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Stephen Godfrey awarded FPA adviser of the year

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 NOV 2014
... Grants, which support young Australians who are socially and financially disadvantaged. Future2 director and trustee Matthew Rowe said: "It is immensely rewarding to see the impact of the grants on disadvantaged young Australians. We recognise the enormous ...

FPA Congress begins amid FoFA unrest

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 20 NOV 2014
... Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation. "Our professional body has been facing a test of character," former FPA chair Matthew Rowe told advisers at the opening ceremony. "But we made a choice that we would not defend the indefensible, that we would set ...

FPA chair Rowe stands down, Kendall takes the reins

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 OCT 2014
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Matthew Rowe has ended his two year term at the head of the organisation's board and will be replaced by Tupicoffs financial planner and pro bono advice advocate Neil Kendall. Board member and iPac chief ...

T. Rowe Price partners with BT and Mosaic

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... to partner with T. Rowe Price to offer this solution to our advisers and their clients,"A SFG chief investment officer Matthew Drennan said. T. Rowe Price's Murray Brewer, meanwhile said: "While an active, dynamic and global approach to fixed income ...

Professional planners don't accept commissions: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 MAR 2014
... financial planners do not accept commissions because the conflicts of interest commissions create cannot be managed, says Matthew Rowe, chair of the Financial Planning Association. "We don't believe that a commission should be payable on any form of ...

One-stop-shop firms surge to gain scale against big instos

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 DEC 2013
... merging is a way of becoming a more sustainable business with access to more resources," Hood Sweeney managing director Matthew Rowe said. "Unless you are a really niche and specialised firm, you can't be really small and independent," he said. Rowe ...

Hood Sweeney merges with Shearer + Elliss

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 NOV 2013
... business to around $25 million, which would see it ranked among the top 35 in Australia. Hood Sweeney managing director Matthew Rowe said the merger brought together two firms that shared a similar culture and "client-first" mentality. "In a constantly ...

Advisers dismiss Medicare-style advice service

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 18 OCT 2013
Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair Matthew Rowe has dismissed the idea of introducing a Medicare-style financial planning service, saying it would be too expensive. The idea was put to a panel of advisers and clients at the FPA Inaugural Professionals ...

Future2 becomes FPA charitable foundation

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 8 AUG 2013
... collective giving and individual involvement, augmenting the community and pro bono work of many FPA members," FPA chair Matthew Rowe said. "The FPA is building a professional community at the centre of which is the notion of 'giving back'," he explained. ...

Professional membership sees advisers paid more

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 16 NOV 2012
... accrued to the community and our members by continuing the journey to raise standards in financial planning," said Matthew Rowe, Chair of the FPA. "Not only do Australians turn more often to a CFP than any other designation when seeking a financial planner ...