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FPA gives top award to private wealth adviser

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2015
... enjoyable 16 year journey and I am looking forward to a bright future for all of us," he said. Speaking at the FPA Conference in Brisbane, FPA chief executive Mark Rantall said: "I am so pleased we can recognise someone like Chris, who has made such ...

Cormann to welcome cyclist advisers at FPA conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 OCT 2014
Financial planners who pedal for 1,050 km -from Melbourne to Adelaide via the Great Ocean Road- will be greeted at their arrival by the financial planning community and by guest of honour, Senator Mathias Cormann. Cyclists will complete a seven-day ...

FOFA will pass: Shorten, FPA

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2011
... embrace change as a necessary survival tool for the betterment of the industry. In separate discussions at the FPA conference about the impending Future of financial Advice (FOFA) reforms, both the Shorten and the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) ...

Direct share investing gather momentum

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... why the portfolio behaved in a certain way," he said, a sentiment that was echoed by a number of advisers at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast. Meanwhile, Mark Thomas, chief executive of Van Eyk Research, argued that managed funds still have certain ...

Opt in rules not up for debate

JOHN MCDULING  |  FRIDAY, 26 NOV 2010
... requirements being adopted, if comments from a senior Treasury department official are anything to go by. Speaking at the FPA conference on the Gold Coast, Dr Richard Sandlant, manager of the financial services taskforce unit at the Treasury Department ...

Planners brace for fiduciary revolution

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 24 NOV 2009
... fiduciary responsibility is highly likely - as highlighted by Joe Hockey shadow treasurer in his speech to the FPA conference last week - to be incompatible with such remuneration models. The implications for insurance specialist advisers as well as ...

Perceived conflicts lethal to planners

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... industry's future, said Chris Bowen, the minister for financial services and superannuation. Addressing planners at the FPA conference this morning, Minister Bowen commended the FPA on its decision to move away from commission-based fees for financial ...

Move over BRICs, Middle East is coming

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 3 DEC 2007
... characteristics, but if the Middle East continues to liberalise it will offer even bigger potential. Speaking at the FPA conference last week, Allan Conway, head of emerging market equities at Schroder Investment Management, said while China was exhibiting ...

Whose side are you on, asks ASIC

... if they want the general public to view the industry as a legitimate profession. In his keynote address at the FPA conference today, Lucy talked about a range of issues concerning the industry including conflicts of interest, the commission versus fees ...

FPA should lead not follow: Bloch

... called on FPA members to lead the debate on the challenges facing the industry in her opening address at the annual FPA conference today. "We need to lead the debate instead of the regulatory authority leading before us," said Bloch, referring to public ...
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