FPA CHIEF EXECUTIVE

Financial planning

The FPA has appointed Dr June Smith as Chair of its Conduct Review Commission (CRC), the body which monitors the conduct of FPA members. ...

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Life/Risk

AFA and FSC form working body while FPA calls for insurance providers to review their offerings...

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that industry fund members represent a large and largely untapped client base for financial planners to which the FPA has rightly sought to provide acc...

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Financial planning

The FSC’s call for an industry-funded advisory board has drawn scorn from two of finance industry’s most vocal bodies....

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Superannuation

The referral arrangement between Cbus and FPA will move onto a permanent footing after agreement to roll out the program nation-wide....

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Policy & Regulation

Moves by the Federal Government to introduce an enhanced register of financial advisers are being backed by the FPA and FSC....

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Policy & Regulation

The FPA has urged the calling of a national summit to resolve the issues raised in the 61 recommendations of the Senate Committee report....

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Financial planning

A number of CBA planners have declared their anger at comments made by the FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe....

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Financial planning

The FPA claims 10 point plan is validated in the findings of the Senate Committee reviewing the performance of ASIC....

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Financial planning

The draft Tax Agent Services Act regulations have proposed waiving tax and commercial law course requirements for financial planners with relevant experience....

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Financial planning

Inaugural Gwen Fletcher Memorial Award winner, Erin Shields, plans to continue along the path by the late ‘First Lady of financial planning’....

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Policy & Regulation

The AFA is not surprised by the report of the Parliamentary Committee on the FOFA amendments but wants the line held on product advice....

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Financial planning

The FPA has welcomed ASIC and dealer group support for moves to separate product sales and advice....

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Financial planning

FPA uses Comm FP’s continuing troubles to restate case for separating product from advice....

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Financial planning

FPA aims to grow members and boost consumer engagement with NAB Wealth executive hire....

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