{"id":62648,"date":"2022-09-19T13:51:56","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T03:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=62648"},"modified":"2024-10-30T08:43:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T22:43:12","slug":"fpa-congress-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2022\/09\/19\/fpa-congress-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"FPA Congress Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Financial Planning Association&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/fpacongress.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Professionals Congress<\/a> in Sydney on 23 and 24 November will be the first major industry event held after the result is known from the vote on the proposed merger of the AFA and FPA (see: <a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2022\/09\/01\/afa-fpa-merger-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AFA, FPA Merger Proposal<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>The congress follows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afaconference.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 AFA National Conference<\/a> which is being held on the Gold Coast this week, September 21- 23 (see: <a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2022\/08\/02\/michelle-levy-at-afa-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michelle Levy at AFA Conference<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>A statement from the FPA says that whether members vote \u2018yes\u2019 or \u2018no\u2019 to the proposed merger &#8220;&#8230;congress will be a critically important venue to discuss the implications for members and the profession.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_58852\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58852\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2021\/12\/Sarah-Abood-v2-e1639004204902.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-58852\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2021\/12\/Sarah-Abood-v2-e1639004204902.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"181\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-58852\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sarah Abood &#8230;since the last in-person congress in 2019, there has been huge change both in the profession and in the broader community.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It says the congress will allow FPA members to reconnect with their peers at the first in-person congress in three years and that attendees will gain valuable insights into the many changes taking place in the\u00a0 profession.<\/p>\n<p>Under the theme, \u2018Reunite, Reset\u2019, the congress will host a range of sessions designed to help financial planners better understand the issues facing the profession as well as provide practical tools and information enabling them to work more closely with clients and understand their changing needs, particularly in the post-pandemic environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sarah Abood<\/strong>, CEO of the FPA, says since the last in-person FPA Professionals Congress in 2019, there has been huge change both in the financial planning profession and also in the broader community.<\/p>\n<p>She says that as a profession \u201c\u2026we have seen a bewildering range of ongoing and proposed legislative change and grappled with a substantial fall in the number of financial planners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She points to the industry experiencing a pandemic, a change of government, and a volatile broader macroeconomic environment \u201c\u2026which have all impacted how financial planners go about their work with clients.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs well, the ways that clients think about their finances, their life goals and their priorities, have changed following the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abood says the congress provides an opportunity for an update on all these changes, and to learn from peers as well as benefit from global best practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we mark our 30th birthday as an association, and contemplate a new start joining our colleagues at the AFA, the theme of Reunite, Reset is enormously relevant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fpacongress.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fpa.eventsair.com\/2021-professionals-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62664\" src=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/congress-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1308\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/congress-image.png 1308w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/congress-image-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/congress-image-1024x419.png 1024w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/congress-image-768x314.png 768w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/congress-image-696x285.png 696w, https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/files\/2022\/09\/congress-image-1068x437.png 1068w, 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