Early bird pricing closing soon for FAAA roadshows

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Sessions include updates on key advocacy and election-cycle issues Early bird tickets to the Financial Advice Association Australia’s (FAAA) 2025 roadshow series will close on Friday 14 February. The roadshows will

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Delay to Dixon Advisory inquiry frustrating

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News from the Senate The Senate Program for this week, included the debate on the Better Targeted Super Concession Bill, which would see the introduction of an additional tax of

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Career changers to play key role in the next generation of financial advisers

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The Financial Advice Association of Australia (FAAA) has renewed efforts to attract professionals from diverse industries to consider careers in financial advice. The push is part of the FAAA’s recently-launched

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CSLR/Dixon Advisory inquiry on almighty go-slow 

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Last week saw revelations of a blow-out in the estimated costs for the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) for the 25/26 financial year, and the announcement of a Treasury

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FAAA Statement on the initial estimate for 2025/26 CSLR costs 

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Last week, the CSLR has announced the actuarial estimates for the CSLR levy that will apply to the 2025/26 financial year.  Sarah Abood, CEO of the FAAA, says: “We are shocked

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CSLR – Poor design and implementation by Government

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The FAAA has been outspoken in our criticism of the CSLR. In our submission to the Senate Economics Committee inquiry into Wealth Management Companies we have highlighted serious concerned about

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FAAA “deeply disappointed” by government’s response to its FOI requests on CSLR 

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Documents obtained by the Financial Advice Association Australia (FAAA) under Freedom of Information (FOI) reveal that an Impact Analysis into the Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) – a process

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Senate Inquiry must hear real Dixon Advisory stories

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This week I had the chance to talk to a former Dixon Advisory client, hearing his experiences but also his understanding and views on what happened. We should never forget

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Statement from Sarah Abood, CEO of the FAAA, on advice fee consent

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“The FAAA remains focused on achieving efficiency improvements for members in the financial advice fee consent process. The current lack of standardisation has made it a very inefficient and frustrating

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FAAA submission to the Senate Economics Reference Committee Inquiry

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The FAAA’s submission to the Senate Economics Reference Committee Inquiry into Wealth Management Companies is now live. It FAAA CEO, Sarah Abood says: “The FAAA Wealth Management Companies Inquiry submission

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