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FPA calls for award nominees

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2010
... recognise individuals that have contributed to the association and volunteered for work throughout the Chapters, committees and task forces. The association is also seeking nominations for its third round of Fellow Awards. FPA's members with at least ...

FPA maintains stance on commission ban

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 22 JUL 2010
Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive, Mark Rantall, said the industry body would pursue its strategy to move away from commission-based remuneration irrespective of the election result. Rantall said their members, which include the biggest ...

First femme PM

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2010
... other issues facing the government - any government - especially in a world of continued uncertainty. Is Julia up to the task? Does she have the skill, the ability, etc? Is she pretty enough? Her dress sense? Her hairstyle. Or will the power brokers ...

FPA sets up Treasury taskforce

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 18 JUN 2010
The Financial Planning Association has established a new taskforce to respond specifically to the FPA's consultation program with Federal Treasury. The new taskforce, called Future of Financial Advice Taskforce, will be responsible for building strong ...

Snowball hires M&A exec

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 JUN 2010
Snowball Group has appointed a full time mergers and acquisitions executive manager to focus on the group's growth. Ashleigh Nelson was appointed to executive manager of strategy and mergers and acquisitions after working on a contract basis at the ...

New tech to track contribution caps

COMPANY RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 APR 2010
... aims to help advisers avoid common 'cap traps'. "With so many potential errors, monitoring contributions can be a daunting task for the client, and for the adviser it can be extremely challenging to keep track of all their clients' transactions," said ...

Aussie planners overworked: survey

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
A survey found 25 per cent of financial planners work more than 50 hours a week - six hours more than the Australian average and nine hours more than other developed nations. The Evolve Logic survey found over 80 per cent of respondents are working ...

On the shoulders of giants

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 15 MAR 2010
... better retirement savings for their members. But Howes admits that the discussion around merging funds together is not an easy task. Finally, one of the challenges for today's trustees is to deal with succession planning, calling on the attendees to ...

ACCC sounds online fraud alarm

REGULATORY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 MAR 2010
Online scams continue to make up a large proportion of complaints to the ACCC - with online finance fraud growing in prominence, according to ACCC deputy chair, Peter Kell. During 2009, losses reported to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ...

Russell wins IOOF mandate

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 16 FEB 2010
... mandate] goes a long way to answering those questions," he said. IOOF's mandate commenced in early February and Russell's first task will be to assist with the group's asset allocation processes, followed by a review of several asset classes. IOOF Holdings' ...