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Life industry to launch framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2021
The life insurance industry is developing a Professional Standards Framework for all claims and underwriting professionals, with support from the Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF). The framework is being developed ...

Calls for overhaul of AFSL system

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUN 2020
... and the client. "Future reforms to the regulation of financial advice should occur through the professional standards framework and rely on individual registration of financial planners." The FPA believes the continued use of the AFSL system to oversee ...

AFCA reveals approach to Code of Ethics compliance

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 NOV 2019
... said. This means taking into account the intention and objectives of the code as a whole and the professional standards framework from which it is derived; the current legislative, regulatory and professional environment within which the code operates ...

Life industry steps toward trust

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 11 OCT 2019
Two industry groups have partnered to create a new life insurance standards framework. The Australian and New Zealand Institute of Insurance and Finance (ANZIIF) and the Life Insurance Professional Standards Working Group (LIPSWG) have come together ...

FASEA clarifies adviser exam rules

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 19 NOV 2018
... communication - incorporating FASEA Code of Ethics and code monitoring bodies Releasing details of its revised standards framework for financial advisers, FASEA said about 800 submissions were received during the consultation process. "FASEA has taken ...

Advice firm hires for increasing regulatory environment

KANIKA SOOD  |  TUESDAY, 6 NOV 2018
... continuing changes to the legislative and regulatory environment, and the increasing demands of the accounting standards framework, mean that our clients must spend more time on developing and reporting financial information than ever before," Fittler ...

Centrepoint: New leadership, new look

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 23 AUG 2018
... businesses. Initiatives outlined for commencement in 2019 include the introduction of a new governance and standards framework; an education support program to assist advisers working to meet the requirements of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics ...

AFSL launches new IFA dealer service

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 2 AUG 2018
A financial advice dealer group will provide licensee services to non-aligned advisers by way of a new white label offering. TAL's Affinia Financial Advisers has launched Affinia Access, enabling AFSLs to operate under their own license and brand with ...

FASEA yet to determine bridging courses

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2018
... series of forums to ensure stakeholder feedback is comprehensively considered in the final version of the standards framework. Under the requirements proposed in March, existing financial advisers with a bachelor's degree in a related field will ...

FASEA names new chief executive

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... expects that Stephen's stewardship will augment and build upon our existing work in establishing a robust standards framework." Glenfield said he is looking forward to the new role and to assisting the development of higher professional standards ...
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