{"id":64060,"date":"2023-01-10T14:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T03:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=64060"},"modified":"2024-10-30T08:43:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-29T22:43:08","slug":"fpa-afa-merger-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2023\/01\/10\/fpa-afa-merger-countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"FPA\/AFA Merger Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The AFA and FPA are conducting final member webinars later this month as the countdown to the associations&#8217; merger vote continues.<\/p>\n<p>AFA members are encouraged to attend a webinar on Tuesday 24 January, while a webinar for FPA members is to be conducted on the following day, ahead of the voting process itself, which commences in early February.<\/p>\n<p>The AFA webinar will feature the association&#8217;s National President, <strong>Sam Perera<\/strong> and CEO, <strong>Phil Anderson<\/strong>, who notes the AFA has been delighted by the positive feedback from its members in favour of the merger.<\/p>\n<p>The FPA is inviting its member to attend a consultation webinar on 25 January in order to discuss the published merger documents and proposals with its Chair, <strong>David Sharpe<\/strong> and CEO, <strong>Sarah Abood<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Member voting commences in early February and closes at the respective association EGMs which are targeted to be held on 28 February.<\/p>\n<p>AFA members can <a href=\"https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_JNSnjokwTCOaWrszHFBl9A?_cldee=kzqyFnqqjJynN8jFPvx3AokPYs7lDDugRnecX1M4KYhHMizgm6896xSa5x7bMVPz&amp;recipientid=contact-a1f340c8de3cea11a813000d3a6aa4e3-95cec5cfc502425b8663e1893cbca132&amp;esid=5052e926-218b-ed11-81ad-00224893bc36\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to register for the 24 January webinar, at which they will have the opportunity to ask questions and provide feedback.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;And FPA members can <a href=\"https:\/\/fpa.com.au\/events\/webinar-member-consultation-afa-fpa-merger-proposal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here<\/a> to register for their 25 January webinar.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>it is clear that effective advocacy is the number one priority&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The following benefits of a merger have been articulated by both associations to their members, with FPA Chair Sharpe stating that, following extensive member consultation in recent months &#8220;&#8230;it is clear that effective advocacy is the number one priority for them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advocacy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A stronger unified voice for financial planners and advisers supports our advocacy goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Access to a wider range of resources, clarity on designations and more resources for CPD.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Community<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More ways for members to engage with each other and with their association to receive the support they need.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Events<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More scale, frequency and resourcing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Professional standards<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Supported through greater resourcing.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Member support services<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>More scale and resources to deliver greater services to members.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2022\/12\/19\/afa-and-fpa-merger-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AFA and FPA Merger Update<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The AFA and FPA are conducting final member webinars later this month as the countdown to the associations&#8217; merger vote continues. AFA members are encouraged to attend a webinar on Tuesday 24 January, while a webinar for FPA members is to be conducted on the following day, ahead of the voting process itself, which commences [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":64075,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-associations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}