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Industry cheers red tape cuts

... recommend a product. "This Bill makes it easier for Australians to reap the benefits of good financial advice," said Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive at FPA. "Significantly, it allows planners to help clients consolidate superannuation accounts without ...

Advisers have 30 days to issue SoA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 19 JUN 2007
... the transitory arrangements have imposed on the financial planning profession," said FPA chief executive officer, Jo-Anne Bloch. "Australians need good advice now more than ever and such moves to help planners meet the current demand are most welcome ...

Planners should not face criminal charges: FPA

HAMISH MADDEN  |  MONDAY, 4 JUN 2007
... support the important role that financial planners play in providing sound advice," said FPA chief executive officer, Jo-Anne Bloch. "Failure to provide a disclosure document in a timely way does not help to ensure that consumers get appropriate advice ...

FPA appoints policy head

HAMISH MADDEN  |  FRIDAY, 25 MAY 2007
... opposition and ASIC, particularly as the agenda for the upcoming federal election rolls out," FPA chief executive, Jo-Anne Bloch, said. "Ged joins at a critical time for the FPA and inherits both a firm policy base and robust committee structure."

Advice already in client's best interest: FPA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 12 MAR 2007
... circumstances and all conflicts must be disclosed, said Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive officer Jo-Anne Bloch. "Firstly, the Corporations Act already requires financial planners to give advice which is appropriate to clients' needs. ...

FPA's Value of Advice Awards 2007

... iceberg' of the good advice which financial planners deliver to clients every day," said the group's chief executive, Jo-Anne Bloch. "The standard of entries we received last year showed the high benchmark FPA members have created, and the benefits of ...

FPA member fined and expelled

NICK OLIVER  |  MONDAY, 26 FEB 2007
... significant. They emphasise that the FPA will act to ensure that our standards are maintained at the highest level," said Jo-Anne Bloch, FPA chief executive officer. "We must both protect consumers, and safeguard the reputation of the vast majority of ...

FPA checklist to guide members on super switching

HAMISH MADDEN  |  TUESDAY, 20 FEB 2007
... superannuation accounts, which inhibits their ability to advise clients on super switching," chief executive officer, Jo-Anne Bloch, said. "ASIC's position is clear that advice can't be given without appropriate consideration of the client's circumstances. ...

FPA opposes creation of product sellers

... effectively be salespeople who are not required to consider the individual client's needs. FPA chief executive, Jo-Anne Bloch, said, "We have real concerns that the proposal to create a 'sales' category in its present form could substantially alter the ...

Industry catches on to IFSA/FPA code

NICK OLIVER  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 JAN 2007
... Remuneration, devised two years ago. Licensees and planners appear to have adapted well to the disclosure regime. Jo-Anne Bloch, chief executive officer of the FPA, said, "The review has reinforced the fact that the code is working effectively and that ...