FPA convention fees drop
The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has dropped the registration fee for its annual convention by about 10 per cent.
The rate for FPA members who sign up before the end of August has been cut from $990 last year to $880.
FPA chief executive Ken Breakspear says the change in registration fees is aimed as making the convention more affordable.
"We are not discounting the fee because we felt people are not coming," Breakspear says.
"The committee wanted to look and see if they could trim some costs," he says.
FPA convention chair Nina Hope says the drop in registration costs came after previous convention planners queried the previous fee, claiming it was too high.
"The focus for this year's Brisbane convention is giving the members what they want, and with the drop in convention fee registration is now more affordable," Hope says.
"This year we have organised more sponsors, with many of our international guest speakers being sponsored [without the FPA's help]," she says.
Nobel peace prize winner Jose Ramos Horta and Wall Street finance professor Peter Ricchiuti are two of the notable keynote speakers at this year's convention, which kicks off on November 22.
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