Held in locations around Australia throughout April and May, the events gave members the opportunity to hear about the latest legislation impacting their profession and to workshop solutions with peers.
“After a one-year pause on live events following COVID, the FPA is thrilled to be on the road again meeting up with our members face-to-face,” FPA chief executive Dante De Gori CFP said.
“The roadshows provided valuable opportunity to engage with our members, helping them navigate changes which continue to impact our profession.”
Members who attended the events were informed about FPA’s five-year policy agenda , which included confirmation that the royal commission recommendation to ban adviser fees from MySuper has successfully been overturned.
Meanwhile, the roadshows have also seen the launch of a new best practice guide on providing risk advice.
Developed ahead of the government’s Life Insurance Framework review later in the year, the FPA Life Risk Advice Guide has been set up to improve insurance outcomes for consumers and “importantly maps all of a member’s regulatory obligations into a single and easy to understand document”.
“The guide is aimed to provide our members with the tools and support to help them continue to deliver quality advice,” Mr De Gori said.
The roadshows will continue in Queensland and the ACT in June.
the lunch we got was sensational, good to get something worthwhile for our member fees, otherwise just an advert
It was noting more than am FPA sell ahead of fees being due and lots of pats on the back for their committee members… complete waste of my time.
and $1000 a year
Sounds like all the FPA’s Intra-Fund adviser members (who escape the Hayne 2 opt ins) turned up. lol
Shame they did NOT provide a live stream for those that were hundreds of kms away. Told straight out …not doing it for members way out by distance. Is that looking after members…no way.
2,000 out of like 12-14,000 members… and that’s pleasing? That over 80% of members aren’t engaged enough to give up 2 hours of their time for a key annual event?
Sounds to me like engagement is quite low.
80% of members only have membership due to the tax practitioners board.
If the abolishment of that goes ahead, cancelling FPA membership will be the first thing a lot of planners do.
Yeah without the need to maintain CFP, I wouldn’t bother.
that’s because those 80% of members have there fees paid for them…unlike real “professional” associations where members join because they want too. For most members it’s made compulsory by your employer that pays for your membership. I suspect the 2,000 that did turn up, only attended to get a heads up as to what not to do…i.e if the FPA is pushing for a certain direction, then just work on the opposite. That insightful business knowledge is worth paying $1,000 a year to stay ahead of the curve. Great way to stay ahead of the insto’s and industry super funds. it’s like being a spy inside.
Not disagreeing, but you’re kidding yourself if you think lawyers, accountants, doctors, etc all stump up for their own association fees.
who pays their fees then?
What a fantastic day out enjoyed by all….Highlights for me were the morning sessions on “how to drag out complaints to 12 months”. The mid day session, titled “lessons from the CBA” on how as a licensee you can use the FPA professional partner program for a $100,000 fee and together we can say “it’s not us it’s financial planners”… there were some AMP exec’s taking plenty of notes, saying very relevant now… The final session titled “how to get a $250K job working as a consultant for ASIC, whilst working at the FPA. ” was a real win. Bit disappointing but with the turnout. I just don’t understand why we’re hemorrhaging members, with such insightful and relevant presentations.
Gross and very funny.
best comment yet ——– I cant believe FPA actually has member….. they definately dont hold the views I have when it comes to advice and my clients. They should rename to the Anti- Adviser association…..
Love to hear some examples. I’m a skeptic also, but have got more involved of late and while I can’t say much about how head office operates, certainly its been great being involve din the local chapter for the networking opportunities.
sounds like you need to get out more and find some friends.