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FPA and AFA set to merge

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 28 FEB 2023
... by members today. Members of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) overwhelmingly voted in favour of the proposed merger at their respective extraordinary general meetings (EGMs) in Sydney. ...

Advising through disability implications

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... impacts of disability, with planners sandwiched between highly anxious clients and tough systems. Speaking at the FPA Congress, Health & Finance Integrated chief executive William Johns discussed the main issues for planners and how to proceed to the ...

Chuck out Chapter 7: Broome

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... to regulation for advisers, Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act is not fit for purpose. Addressing the crowd at the FPA Congress 2022, Broome said that for 90% of what she does as a planner, she doesn't need an AFSL. "Until I start talking about products ...

AFA, FPA merger in best interests

CASSANDRA BALDINI, CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... reason enough. However, a secondary benefit is scale, Sharpe explained. "Scale to provide bigger events like the FPA Congress, scale to provide better CPD and education like our Masterclass series," he said. "Scale to provide services and tools that ...

Financial planning avatars are the future

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Alongside a panel of experts at the FPA 2022 Congress held in Sydney, FPA chief executive Sarah Abood was asked what she expects the advice sector to look like in 2023, and her answer involved the metaverse. "I'm an optimist when it comes to technology ...

The game changing trends planners should know about

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
... generation and it's one that we cannot afford to ignore," he said. Financial Standard is the official media partner of the 2022 FPA Professional Congress.

Advisers must register for FSCP: ASIC

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 24 NOV 2022
Appearing at the FPA Congress today, ASIC senior executive leader Leah Sciacca explained that all financial advisers will need to register with the ASIC Financial Services and Credit Panel, in addition to being registered on the Financial Advisers Register. ...

No big surprises, Levy promises

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
Fronting the FPA Professionals Congress, Quality of Advice Review chair Michelle Levy confirmed there will be no big surprises in her final proposals, due December 16. Appearing alongside FPA chief executive Sarah Abood, Levy explained she has been ...

Winners are grinners: FPA awards

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) announced the winners of the 2022 FPA Awards and the Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award at the FPA Professionals Congress in Sydney yesterday. Now in its 10th year, the FPA Awards recognise individuals ...

The challenge of articulating value of ongoing advice

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
A panel session at the FPA Professionals Congress in Sydney has heard of some of the challenges planners face in articulating the value of ongoing advice arrangements. On the panel was Personal Financial Services principal and founding director Angela ...
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