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More financial education required

... know' attitude isn't going to help them when they enter retirement with inadequate savings." The Financial Planning Association (FPA) recognised the same need when assessing the results of its Consumer Sentiment Survey from 2004. The most alarming statistic ...

FPA outlines strategic priorities for 2005

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has revealed its strategic priorities for 2005 including helping its members improve their professionalism, increasing the awareness of the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) qualification, strengthening its chapter ...

FPA reveals details of CFP certification changes

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has released details of changes it will make to its Certified Financial Planner (CFP) certification but has also recognised other qualifications with a number of exemptions. From 1 July 2005 all candidates will ...

FPA pushes members to adopt tighter conflict of interest guidelines

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has called on members to appoint Conflict Officers, conduct business wide audits and issue declarations stating conflicts of interests have been removed. The steps are part of a guidance paper released by the ...

FPA to rubber stamp education providers

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) will, from this month, accredit the entry-level courses of Registered Training Organisations (RTO) as meeting education standards it considers acceptable for its members. The FPA has created a five member Quality ...

Newsflash - FPA awards CFP contract to Securities Institute

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has ended months of speculation by awarding the contract for the administration of its Certified Financial Planning (CFP) program to the Securities Institute of Australia (SIA). The deal is for three years with ...

New principal member for FPA

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has increased its total number of principal members to 586 after newly formed financial adviser KPMG Private Wealth joined the list. FPA principal members are comprised of companies and individuals holding an ...

ASIC rules out exemptions to Statements of Advice

... providing a Statement of Advice (SoA) in time critical situations following a submission from the Financial Planning Association. In response to the FPA submission relating to Further Market Related Advice (FMRA), the regulator said it was unable to ...

FPA issues member notice and calls for submissions

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has on Monday released a member update reminding all members of their obligations under the FPA soft dollar code of conduct which takes effect from 1 January 2005. Under the requirements of the FPA code, all ...

FPA announces new round of appointments

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) on Friday announced three new appointments to its Professional Practice and Policy & Government relations units, and confirmed a fourth. The FPA said Susan Linney will take up a six month secondment with the ...