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Planners have to earn trust of consumers: FPA

Financial planners can fix misconceptions about their industry through individual commitment to professionalism. Kathryn Greiner, Financial Planning Association (FPA) chair, said at the FPA annual conference, that the industry has to confront the major ...

Returns after-tax are the maingame: Vanguard

Vanguard Investments Australia's head of retail, Robin Bowerman, has warned financial planners and investors to demand after-tax reporting or risk being shortchanged. "There is an increasing focus on fees - which is good - but investors should also ...

Advisers should provide advice for philanthropy too

Financial planners should take a leading role in giving clients good advice not just with their finances but with their philanthropic needs. At the Financial Planning Association (FPA) annual conference today, keynote speaker David Gonski, chairman ...

Industry funds hit back at FPA ad campaign

Industry Funds have been stung by claims they don't offer advice and have come out fighting against the new Financial Planning Association (FPA) advertising campaign. A statement released by Garry Weaven, Executive Chair of Industry Funds Services says ...

FPA releases Good Advice guide

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has released its 'Good Advice' guide as part of its ongoing campaign to raise public awareness of the benefits of using a financial adviser. The 16-page booklet contains information on who needs a financial planner ...

Australians not saving enough: Aviva

More than half of Australians worry they are not saving enough for their retirement according to a recent global survey on 'Consumer attitudes to savings' conducted by financial services group Aviva. Aviva's survey rated consumer attitude to savings ...

New customer management head for PMI Mortgages

Leading mortgage insurer PMI Mortgage Insurance (PMI) has appointed Lincoln Rees as its new Head of Customer Management. This is an internal appointment as Rees since August 2004 has been Head of Sales and Service for the group. His new responsibilities ...

Trail commissions in super should be investigated: Industry Funds

Garry Weaven, the Industry Super Funds campaign spokesperson, has spoken out attacking the credibility of financial advisers who receive trail commissions. In a statement issued yesterday in response to an article just published by the Australian Consumers ...

FPA "Good Advice" campaign starts on TV this week

The first TV advertisements in the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Value of Advice campaign will start screening this week on morning television. Channel 7's Sunrise program is the first place where the ads will be seen, but subsequently over ...

FPA launches consumer advice campaign

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has launched its long awaited consumer campaign aimed at demonstrating the value-add of why consumers should use a financial adviser. The campaign, to be fully integrated across television, print and the internet ...