{"id":64133,"date":"2023-01-17T13:05:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T02:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/?p=64133"},"modified":"2023-01-24T17:18:51","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T06:18:51","slug":"poll-results-clear-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/2023\/01\/17\/poll-results-clear-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll Results &#8211; Clear Winner"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"polls-293\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t\t<div class=\"pollHeader\"><strong>Effective advocacy should be the top priority for a merged AFA\/FPA adviser association.<\/strong><\/div><div id=\"polls-293-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li>Strongly agree <small>(75%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 75%\" title=\"Strongly agree (75% | 50 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Somewhat agree <small>(13%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 13%\" title=\"Somewhat agree (13% | 9 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Strongly disagree <small>(6%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 6%\" title=\"Strongly disagree (6% | 4 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Somewhat disagree <small>(3%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 3%\" title=\"Somewhat disagree (3% | 2 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<li>Not sure <small>(3%)<\/small><div class=\"pollbar\" style=\"width: 3%\" title=\"Not sure (3% | 2 Votes)\"><\/div><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><div style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_293_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"7fd052fade\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Our latest poll result reveals that effective advocacy sits high at the top of the list when it comes to what advisers consider should be the main priority for a merged AFA\/FPA association.<\/p>\n<p>This outcome serves to reaffirm comments made late last year by FPA Chair, <strong>David Sharpe<\/strong>, when he reflected &#8211; following an extensive consultation process with members &#8211; that effective advocacy was clearly the number one priority for a merged association.<\/p>\n<p>While both associations have articulated multiple reasons in the run-up to the merger vote as to why a merged association would add greater value for advisers and the clients they serve, the message from their prospective constituents appears to be very clear and unambiguous.<\/p>\n<p>This outcome appears to reflect the significant upheaval that has taken place in the financial advice sector, dating back to the implementation of the Future of Financial Advice reform measures in June 2012, which in turn were brought about by the fallout from the Global Financial Crisis a few years earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps the result of this poll would have been very different if it had been conducted 15 years ago &#8211; and may be very different in another 15 years. But in these times, as the advice sector effectively undergoes an evolutionary transformation, it&#8217;s advocacy on their behalf which matters most for advisers when it comes to associations adding value for their members.<\/p>\n<p>Our poll remains open for another week if you&#8217;d like to add to the conversation&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our latest poll result reveals that effective advocacy sits high at the top of the list when it comes to what advisers consider should be the main priority for a merged AFA\/FPA association. This outcome serves to reaffirm comments made late last year by FPA Chair, David Sharpe, when he reflected &#8211; following an extensive [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":64142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[282,49],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-64133","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-associations","8":"category-polls"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64133","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=64133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/riskinfo.com.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}