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AFA returning to its roots

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 JAN 2017
Coinciding with its 70th anniversary, the Association of Financial Advisers launched an initiative to encourage member engagement at the grassroots level. New president Marc Bineham told Financial Standard the association has learned a lot of lessons ...

FPA educating future planning generation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 JAN 2017
... financial planning as a career is crucial to ensuring the future of the industry, according to the Financial Planning Association of Australia. Speaking to Financial Standard, FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said communicating the benefits of financial ...

Aussie advice firm sold to US risk manager

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 5 JAN 2017
... professional standards will be a wonderful addition to our employee benefits consulting operations." In 2014 the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) named Complete Financial Balance as the inaugural Practice of the Year. Campbell received the AFA ...

ANZ and Macquarie fined for cartel conduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
... ANZ and Macquarie traders attempted to make arrangements with other banks to make high or low submissions to the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) in relation to the benchmark rate for the Malaysian ringgit (ABS MYR Fixing Rate). The rate would ...

Managed accounts and goals based advice prompts name change

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2016
The rise of managed accounts and goals based advice will see the Association of Real Return Investment Advisers (ARRIA) begin 2017 with a rebrand. Now known as the Association of Goals Based Advice (AGBA), the name change is representative of advisers ...

Super disputes kept aside in Treasury review

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 DEC 2016
The superannuation industry backs Treasury's call to retain a separate external dispute resolution body. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy said the group welcomed Treasury's interim report of the financial ...

Super slow to embrace advice opportunity

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 2 DEC 2016
... with the wider fintech landscape, populated increasingly with smaller players." Peters' comments echo those of new Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Martin Fahy, who warned at the 2016 ASFA Conference that the superannuation ...

Mercer principal joins IMCA board

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 DEC 2016
The Investment Management Consultants Association of Australia has appointed five new board members. Principal of Mercer Investments Hendrie Koster has joined the board, bringing with him a wealth of knowledge in asset class research, portfolio construction ...

ASIC falls on fund disclosure sword

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... insufficiently protected, and that system competitiveness and efficiency cannot be properly assessed," she said. Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia chief executive Dr Martin Fahy applauded ASIC for adopting a reasonable approach to compliance ...

Life insurance commissions bill passes lower house

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 30 NOV 2016
... incentive for advisors to churn clients between life insurance products where there is no consumer benefit," she said. Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox said he was "looking forward to advisers having greater certainty and we ...