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Move over BRICs, Middle East is coming

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... 'bubble' characteristics, but if the Middle East continues to liberalise it will offer even bigger potential. Speaking at the FPA conference last week, Allan Conway, head of emerging market equities at Schroder Investment Management, said while China ...

AMP grants $100,000 to Future2

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
AMP has thrown their support behind the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Future2 Foundation through a $100,000 donation. Corinne Dieters, trustee of Future2, said the foundation aimed to provide financial skills to young and disadvantaged Australians ...

Transparency in advice is key: Tucker

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... transparency and understanding, said Steve Tucker, chief executive at MLC. Speaking at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) conference, Tucker said the negative perceptions covered in the media are real, and the financial planning industry should ...

Reinventing financial planning

MICHAEL HOBBS, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... to be motivated principally by the imperative to sell a product." However, speaking at the Financial Planning Association (FPA) conference yesterday, FPA chief Jo-Anne Bloch said four out of five Australian don't seek advice because they think it is ...

Planners need to shape up: Corbett

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 30 NOV 2007
... industry, Roger Corbett, company director and former chief executive of Woolworths, said. At the Financial Planning Association (FPA) conference yesterday, Corbett said among his friends there was a great deal of cynicism around the financial planning ...

SOA at half price

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has unveiled a simplified Statement Of Advice (SOA) which cuts planner preparation time by as much as 50 per cent. FPA chief executive, Jo-Anne Bloch, said the 'Simplified SOA' has been developed after the Financial ...

PI increase sparks debate

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 NOV 2007
... adviser has gone out of business or absconded," he said. Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive at the Financial Planning Association (FPA), said, "We are still unsure as to how FICS arrived at an appropriate number, and we are still uncertain as to how FICS ...

FICS raises maximum claim to $150k

... made its decisions based on a consideration of all stakeholder views," she said. However, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) has expressed disappointment on the changes as it puts additional burden on planners who are members of FICS to stump up ...

The new government: what it means

... could also creep up to 15 per cent, a move welcomed by the industry body for planners, the Financial Planning Association (FPA). FPA chief executive officer, Jo-Anne Bloch also said, "Labor has always expressed a firm commitment to reducing red tape ...

Rising Star calls for home loan tax relief

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  THURSDAY, 22 NOV 2007
... and years ago and only after continual pushing did it eventually happen. "In my opinion, I think it'll take the likes of the FPA or AFA just to spend more time just reiterating the same points." However, he admitted such a decision in its current form ...