I'll be voting NO. Why do I want this new body to go to Treasury and say they represent XYZ number of Advisers (me) and that they're happy with proposals that will shaft Australians and may just result in the Advice from Super funds driving me out of business.

The Quality of Advice reforms will be the single major impact on the supply of Advice for the next decade. What we're seeing is concessions being made to product manufacturers like Super Funds. This is the return of the Banks. We're not learning anything from the past. There are no discussion about concessions being granted to actual holistic Advice firms. Very little attempt to change the bad legislation that has impacted Advisers and failed Australians. The FPA has this cultural mentality of trying to represent all parties in the supply chain and be all things to all people which has failed the Advice industry. Why merge with that thinking. Why merge with an entity that is looking at UniSuper, AwareSuper, TelstraSuper and thinking they're the members of the future. No thanks...