CSSA calls for insurance service fee for group insurance

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The Corporate Super Specialist Alliance (CSSA) is calling on the Government to consider allowing corporate super specialists providing insurance services to employer groups to charge an insurance service fee. The... Read more continue reading

Female Excellence in Advice Award – finalists announced

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The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) today announced the finalists of its inaugural Female Excellence in Advice Award (the Award), a joint initiative between the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA),... Read more continue reading

AFA: Government’s FoFA legislation decimates small business advisers

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The Future of Financial Advice Bill (the FoFA Bill) introduced into Parliament last week by the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, will, according to Rice Warner Research cited in... Read more continue reading

FPA rejects FoFA Bill

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) has announced that it will not support the FoFA Tranche 1 Bill as it currently stands.  In fact, opposition to the Bill by the peak... Read more continue reading

AFA: Key pieces of FoFA puzzle still missing

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The second tranche of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms released yesterday contain significant reforms that, together with the first tranche and StrongerSuper reforms, will change the landscape for... Read more continue reading

FPA responds to latest FOFA announcements

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) says the release of the second tranche of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) gives certainty to the financial planning profession to begin preparing for... Read more continue reading

FPA to showcase professionalism at Annual National Conference

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Professional development will take centre-stage at the 2011 Financial Planning Association (FPA) 2011 Annual National Conference, according to chief executive, Mark Rantall. Mr Rantall said the FPA Annual Conference, to... Read more continue reading

SPAA calls for a level playing field for SMSFs versus other super funds

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The Self Managed Super Fund Professionals’ Association (SPAA) has today expressed disappointment about a key aspect of the Federal Government’s Stronger Super Reforms announced today, in particular, that a ban... Read more continue reading

Stronger Super: FPA resolves to support Australian super fund members

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The Financial Planning Association (FPA) today welcomes further clarity on the MySuper reforms contained within the Stronger Super package, but will continue to question key advice aspects of these reforms... Read more continue reading

AFA Rising Star finalists announced

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The six finalists for the 2011 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award represent the most talented new financial advisers in the industry. The AFA Rising Star of the Year... Read more continue reading