FPA rejects proposal from consumer groups to ban life insurance commissions

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A number of consumer advocacy groups have called for the Quality of Advice Review to ban all remaining conflicts of interest in the advice industry, including life insurance commissions. However,

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FPA announces new Board appointments

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has re-elected William Johns CFP® to its Board, and welcomed Angela Martyn CFP® and Jade Khao CFP® as new Board members. All three

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FPA welcomes Federal Budget – Looks forward to further reforms in May 2023

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) welcomes tonight’s federal budget, in particular measures to improve access to housing. FPA CEO Sarah Abood said: “Home ownership is one of the

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FPA announces finalists of the 2022 FPA Awards

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has announced the finalists of the 2022 FPA Awards, which spans across four professional categories. Now in its 10th year, the FPA Awards

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FPA seeks broader scope for CSLR and extension of ASIC levy freeze for another year in Pre-Budget Submission

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The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has called on the Federal Government to broaden its proposed Compensation Scheme of Last Resort (CSLR) as well as extend the freeze on

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FPA joins with global network to mark World Financial Planning Day

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 The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) will join the Financial Planning Standard Board (FPSB) and its global network of financial planning professional bodies to host the sixth annual World Financial

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Australians who engage a financial planner have a better quality of life: FPA launches inaugural Value of Advice index

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Australians with an active relationship with a financial planner are not only financially better off than unadvised Australians – they also have a better quality of life, according to new

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Financial Planning Week to take place from 3-9 October 2022 – FPA to launch new research into the value of advice

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The 22nd Financial Planning Week will take place in Australia from 3 – 9 October 2022, and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) has commissioned research to highlight the difference

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FPA places submission to Treasury on financial adviser education standard

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In its submission to Treasury on the proposal paper in relation to financial adviser education standards, the FPA has reiterated its view that the competence obtained through experience should be

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FPA welcomes Quality of Advice Review’s principles-based approach to regulating advice

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The Quality of Advice Review’s proposals to move to a more principles-based approach to regulating the provision of financial advice is a welcome shift, the FPA says in its submission

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