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New resource hopes to inspire women

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUN 2016
Association of Financial Advisers national president and director of Integra Financial Services, Deborah Kent, has released a short video series to help encourage women in financial services. With more than 30 years' experience as a financial adviser ...

AFA and Beddoes announce consumer choice award winners

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUN 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers and the Beddoes Institute have announced the preliminary award winners of the 2016 Consumer Choice Awards. The awards are given to insurers rated by over 2,100 claimants and advised policyholders. The preliminary ...

Life insurers must be more transparent: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUN 2016
... independent assessment to reassure the community of their commitment to transparency and continued improvement, argues Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox. According to the interim results from the Beddoes Institute's Claimant ...

AFA signs former PM for national conference

KERRIE SYDEE  |  MONDAY, 6 JUN 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has revealed the first of its plenary speakers who will open the AFA 2016 National Adviser Conference. Former Prime Minister John Howard will headline the plenary speakers, discussing the role of world leaders ...

More winners than losers in super budget measures: ASFA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2016
... from the new superannuation measures announced in the Budget than be negatively affected by them, according to Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia figures. ASFA prepared the research to "inform the debate," according to its statement, and ...

NZ Super appoints two board members

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... and chair of the Canadian Coalition for Good Governance, the Pacific Pension Institute and the Pension Investment Association of Canada. He was a member of the advisory board at the Forum for Women Entrepreneurs and the Faculty Advisory Board at UBC ...

Retirees face deflationary conundrum

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUN 2016
... three months of 2016 but it doesn't mean they are necessarily any closer to achieving adequate retirements. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has released its Retirement Standard quarterly update and it shows a substantial fall in ...

ASFA recognises super challenge for PC

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia has acknowledged the Productivity Commission's challenging task in measuring the competitiveness and efficiency of a complex and heterogeneous system and its wider industry. In its first submission ...

VFMC appoints risk manager from AIA

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2016
... senior compliance manager at Asgard Wealth Solutions and a professional standards officer at the Financial Planning Association of Australia. This appointment follows the news that VFMC has appointed ASIC markets disciplinary panel chair Lisa Gay and ...

Self-employed missing super savings

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2016
... compulsory for them to make super contributions it leaves a large portion without suitable plans for retirement. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), who conducted the research, found self-employed Australians aged 60 to 64 have ...