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30th June 2008 - The Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) is encouraged by the progress made at a Government roundtable held last week to harness industry views on the NSW Office of Fair Trading draft exposure Bill to regulate the industry.
11th June 2008 - The Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) welcomes the Federal Government’s move to regulate the financial services sector and calls on the Rudd Government to broaden the scope of its regulation to include other forms of credit.
27th May 2008 - With Australian banks moving to cut commissions, the Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) believes brokers are being unjustly targeted to carry the burden of the ‘credit crunch’.
29th April 2008 - The Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) urges Australian banks not to cut commissions and turn their backs on a financial model which has served them well over the years.
18th April 2008 - The Finance Broker Association of Australia (FBAA) has partnered with leading recruitment provider, The Brooklyn Group, to develop FinanceStaff.com.au, a web-based recruitment solution dedicated to the Australian mortgage and finance sector.
30th January 2008 - The proposed regulatory scheme will create an un-level playing field.
We need your support to fight this UNREASONABLE, UN-COMMERCIAL and EXTREME piece of State based National Legislation. Our professiona cannot allow this legislation model to go through without a fight!
28th November 2007 - All interested individuals and organisations are invited to comment on the Exposure Draft Bill. To assist with the assessment process it would be helpful if, where applicable, you make reference to the relevant clause numbers in your submissions.
15th November 2007 - Peter White has been elected National President of the Finance Brokers Association of Australia (FBAA) at its Annual General Meeting today. Peter, who held the position of Senior Vice President, takes over from outgoing National President Jan Kirstein, who didn’t stand for re-election after two years in the role.
7th November 2007 - Hopefully you have received by now correspondence from DOCEP outlining the review of the MRS. It would appear that our pleas and arguments with the minister did not totally fall on deaf ears. We made no bones about the fact that the setting of amounts and percentages of commission rates and payment schedules by governments is unwarranted. Market forces set these standards. The FBAA will be lodging a submission and we believe that to add weight to the argument you should also take the time and lodge a submission.
6th November 2007 - FBAA has now introduced a Questions and Answers page on the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 and the training with Deloitte.
