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Young adviser wins first Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 24 JUN 2014
... ahead along the path to professionalism, which we first embarked on some twenty years ago," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. "It was Gwen who really started us on this path, it was Gwen who brought the Certified Financial Planner designation ...

Advisers applaud "historic" ban on commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... that trailing commissions were banned from general advice," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall said. Rantall spoke shortly after Minister for Finance Mathias Cormann issued a response statement to the Senate Economics ...

Senate report supportive of government FoFA reforms

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 17 JUN 2014
... right balance," but said there is need for greater clarity. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall welcomed the report and said that the organisation looks forward to the government's response. "The FPA is eagerly anticipating ...

Palmer United will hold the key to FoFA approval

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 10 JUN 2014
... non-controversial, it will be easy to pass, but we're expecting that there will be some contention," FPA chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard. Both the FPA and the AFA have started talks with Senators, but they are yet to meet with the ...

FPA and AFA unite: stop commissions on general advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... good performance," but not with commissions directly linked to the amount of business sold. The FPA chief executive Mark Rantall asked for the term general advice to be re-named "general or product information" and be limited to the provision of "factual ...

FPA campaigns for a separation of product and advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2014
... expect that financial advice -not product sales- always be given in their best interest," the FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said. "FoFA began as a set of ideals for the future of financial advice," he said. He added that "without formal moves to forever ...

FPA appoints former NAB Wealth exec

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... "further embed the role of professionalism and certification in the financial planning sector." FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said of the appointment: "The FPA is genuinely excited about the opportunity to attract an executive of Tom's calibre with ...

New reports to stir financial planning perfect storm

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... negative reporting of one financial planner in the media," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall told Financial Standard. Rantall said that financial planning will continue to be in the front pages of the newspapers unless ...

FPA creates Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... Fletcher Memorial Award. The award was named after the late 'First Lady of financial planning'. FPA chief executive Mark Rantall says it "honours and perpetuates Gwen's service to the profession and, by extension, the financial wellbeing of all Australians." ...

Wake-up call for watchdog after inquiry

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 22 APR 2014
... "there is a will within the industry to make things change." Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall proposed "a hybrid model where the profession itself deals with everything that has to do with professional standards so ASIC ...