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ASFA supports ASIC electronic disclosure consultation

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 22 JAN 2015
The Association of Super Funds Australia (ASFA) has expressed its support for the ideas discussed in ASIC Consultation Paper 224 - Facilitating electronic financial services disclosures. It argued that ASIC facilitating electronic disclosure will assist ...

AFA GenXt roadshow connects knowledge and performance

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will focus on education and knowledge as a means to drive business and client performance at this year's GenXt National Roadshow. More than 1,500 people are expected to attend the roadshows that are taking ...

Sunsuper nabs senior AFA executive

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 19 JAN 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief commercial officer Anne Fuchs has accepted a role as national manager, retail distribution and advice at Sunsuper. Fuchs was only appointed to the role of COO in August 2014. She set up the matchmaking ...

AFA announces record enrolments for new curriculum

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 15 JAN 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced record numbers of advisers applying for its masters-level Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP) designation. According to AFA chief executive Brad Fox, the FChFP curriculum has been ...

ASFA outlines spending needs of nonagenarians

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 JAN 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) has developed a new retirement standard, the ASFA Retirement Standard for Older Retirees, which outlines the expenditure required for Australians aged 90-95 to maintain a comfortable or modest ...

Adviser remuneration "critical": Trowbridge Interim Report

ALICE URIBE  |  THURSDAY, 18 DEC 2014
... as "critical" areas in the interim report of the Life Insurance and Advice Working Group (LIAWG) established by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC). John Trowbridge who released the report and is independent ...

Government repeals Palmer FoFA changes

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 DEC 2014
... requirement, and therefore a duplication. To this end, the appropriate consumer protections remain in place." The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said: "We welcome these two developments that help to provide the financial ...

FEATURE: 2014 year in review

MARK SMITH, LAURA MILLAN, JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 12 DEC 2014
... As yet, the government appears to have put this review on the backburner. At its annual conference in November, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) took matters into its own hands, launching a policy framework for the retirement ...

Industry funds reject majority independent directors

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... require public offer superannuation funds to have a majority of independent directors and an independent chair." The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), which represents both retail and industry funds, did not take a firm position ...

Change insurance commissions to fight churning: FSI

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 7 DEC 2014
... consumers to obtain life insurance advice." It said that the findings of the Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) working group should also be considered during the development and implementation phases. On ...