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Financial adviser levy to drop

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 30 AUG 2021
... certainty and stability to financial planners, allowing them to provide more affordable financial advice to Australians. The FPA worked with and would like to thank our members for echoing our concerns about the current formula and their direct engagement ...

FPA appoints FPEC chair

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  MONDAY, 23 AUG 2021
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has named Sharon Taylor's replacement as chair of the Financial Planning Education Council (FPEC). Marc Olynyk is a senior lecturer in financial planning and superannuation and director of work integrated ...

Industry associations slam last resort scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... that it applies to all financial service industry participants. With financial adviser numbers now well below 20,000, the FPA fears that the proposed scheme will further reduce the population. "COVID impacts and Australia's ageing population mean ...

Colonial First State adds to board

KANIKA SOOD  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
... Mercer's US-based global innovation hub. She has also served as the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) chief executive ending in 2010, and director. "Jo-Anne brings a wealth of experience to CFS. She is a results-oriented senior ...

Broken advice industry shuns everyday Aussies: AFA

KARREN VERGARA, ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... agreed that it was "completely unsustainable" and will be ultimately passed onto clients. The issue, De Gori said, is that FPA members are paying for the levy which is being paid for activity by players that are 'no longer in the game'. "It is ...

Advice association shutters

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... Coronavirus made the task of continuing impossible." The association said it hopes the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Association of Independently Owned Finance Professionals (AIOFP) merge ...

De Gori to leave FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... served as chief executive since March 2016, has advised the FPA's board of his intention to leave. He has been with the FPA for a total of 12 years, having spent six years as general manager of policy and government relations prior to succeeding ...

ASIC industry levy to increase

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
... over 340% in the last four years and is on an unsustainable trajectory. In light of extended lockdowns across the nation, the FPA questions the validity and timing of the increase, with millions of Australians unable to work and some businesses struggling ...

Better Advice regulations hit parliament

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUN 2021
... powers to ASIC. ASIC will be responsible for administering the adviser exam. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) chief executive Dante De Gori said the FSCP is an important reform for the profession. "Creating a model that requires ...

FPA to manage $1.5m scholarship mandate

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 15 JUN 2021
... roles in the financial planning, accounting, business, finance and economics industries. Senator Marise Payne selected the FPA to provide 38 scholarships valued at up to $50,000 for over two years. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said the appointment ...