FPA

Financial planning

The FPA’s national roadshow on retirement planning and best interest duty attracted almost 3000 registrations, with two shows remaining. ...

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Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association says tax complexity is driving the need for advice at the same time as creating a cost impediment to accessing advice....

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Financial planning

The FPA has called on members to promote their professionalism and education to MPs and clients as part of a grass roots effort to overturn negative perceptions of advice...

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Life/Risk

A hybrid remuneration model is already becoming the default model replacing high upfronts as planning groups continue to haggle with the Financial Services Council for a ...

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Financial planning

The FPA’s CFP program enrolment rate jumped 200 per cent compared to previous enrolment numbers....

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Financial planning

The FPA has renewed its call for the Government to make up-front advice fees tax deductible and has urged the Budget impact be assessed by the Productivity Commission....

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Financial planning

The FPA’s Matthew Rowe has questioned the survivability of a number of financial planning organisations....

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Financial planning

FPA backs FSI recommendation that ASIC be given product intervention powers. ...

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Financial planning

FPA chief executive Mark Rantall has asked members to imagine a profession that is highly regarded and urged them to get behind recommended changes to higher education an...

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Financial planning

The raft of reviews and inquiries into the financial planning sector has created the optimal set of circumstances in which to lift professional and educational standards ...

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Financial planning

The FPA will drop its efforts to enshrine 'financial planner' under law claiming it would be automatically protected if recommendations from the PJC are adopted by the Fe...

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Financial planning

The FPA has questioned the role of research houses, responsible managers and product issuers in the collapses of forestry managed investment schemes stating it had become...

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Financial planning

The FPA’s 11th hour FPEC “gift” rewarded in Parliamentry Committee’s final report....

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Editorial

The financial planning industry was simply outcampaigned on FOFA and must now look to play a longer and more strategic game....

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Editorial

The retirement of Matthew Rowe after two terms as chairman of the FPA represents the closing of a chapter in the organisation’s continuing evolution. ...

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