FPA Conflict Principles
1. A financial planner will provide a client with clear, concise, and comprehensive information so that the client will understand the advice and service being offered and its cost.
2. Financial planning advice should be in an independent from, and not tied to product recommendations.
3. Where it is appropriate to recommend a product to a client, all FPA members should only offer products that suit the needs of the client, and do not bring the industry into disrepute.
4. No FPA member shall receive or reward any remuneration or benefits that are biased against, or may not be in the interests of the client.
5. A financial planner must disclose to a client any existing or potential financial interests (such as shareholdings or equity entitlements) they, or an entity in which they have an interest in, have in the products or platforms they use and/or in their Australian Financial Services (AFS) licensee or related entity.
6. There should be separate corporate governance in place between an AFS licensee and related fund managers, and product/platform manufacturers within the same group.
7. FPA members have a responsibility to abide by the FPA principles to address any real or perceived conflicts of interest.
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