FPA: Expectations high for record new numbers to be set

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  The Financial Planning Association (FPA) welcomed news from the Financial Planning Standards Board (FPSB) that the global number of CERTIFIED FINANICAL PLANNER® professionals grew by more than 8,000 last... Read more continue reading

Launch of 2013 AFA GenXt Road Show

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has hit the ground running, with the launch of the 2013 GenXt Road Show. “The AFA’s theme this year is The Age of Consumers... Read more continue reading

ASIC fee disclosure guidance pragmatic but needs work

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) Chief Executive Officer Mark Rantall has welcomed ASIC’s release of its regulatory guide to the implementation of fee disclosure statements, noting the common sense approach adopted... Read more continue reading

ASIC releases guidance on FOFA fee disclosure

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ASIC has released guidance for Australian financial services (AFS) licensees and their representatives on how to comply with the fee disclosure statement (FDS) requirements under the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA)... Read more continue reading

ASIC encourages good disclosure from defined benefit fund trustees

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ASIC is encouraging trustees of defined benefit superannuation funds to make timely and appropriate disclosures to members in the wake of poor returns caused by the global financial crisis (GFC).... Read more continue reading

Ask an Expert Week aims to improve access to financial advice

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The Financial Planning Association’s (FPA) inaugural Ask an Expert Week, commencing today, is an opportunity for Australians to get their finances in order at the beginning of a New Year.... Read more continue reading

New Year, new Chapter Chairs for the FPA

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To herald the New Year the Financial Planning Association (FPA) is pleased to announce the results of elections held last November and welcome 13 new Chapter Chairs to its ranks... Read more continue reading

ASIC releases key FOFA guidance

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ASIC has released final guidance for two aspects of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms – the best interests duty and scaled advice. The regulatory guides have been produced after... Read more continue reading

SPAA offers Public Practice Certificate for accountant members

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In a new exciting initative by the SMSF Professionals’ Association of Australia (SPAA), the peak organisation representing the SMSF industry will make available a Public Practice Certificate (PPC) to its... Read more continue reading

Brad Fox Appointed AFA CEO

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Immediate past President, current Treasurer and Interim CEO of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Brad Fox, has been appointed to succeed Richard Klipin as CEO of the 66 year... Read more continue reading