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Industry associations slam last resort scheme

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2021
... Financial Planning Association of Australia, Institute of Public Accountants, SMSF Association, Association of Financial Advisers, Stockbrokers and Financial Advisers Association, and the Boutique Financial Planning Principals Association are pushing ...

Evalesco acquires boutique firm

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 AUG 2021
Evalesco Financial Services recently finalised the acquisition of former Association of Financial Advisers national president Marc Bineham's advice firm. Evalesco, led by Marshall Brentnall, Jeff Thurecht and Jules Knox, has taken on Noall & Co's ...

Broken advice industry shuns everyday Aussies: AFA

KARREN VERGARA, ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 29 JUL 2021
... Australians further cements the position of the rich and powerful, an inquiry heard this morning. The Association of Financial Advisers president Michael Nowak said the broken state of the financial advice industry has resulted in two damaging consequences ...

AFA slams skyrocketing ASIC levy

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 JUL 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers fears that ASIC's FY21 industry levy will blow out even more than its estimates. The association does not want history to repeat itself, pointing to how the FY20 levy jumped 54% higher than ASIC's estimates. ...

Advice association shutters

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 27 JUL 2021
... impossible." The association said it hopes the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA), Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Association of Independently Owned Finance Professionals (AIOFP) merge to create one body. "Our only parting ...

De Gori to leave FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... his replacement immediately. News of De Gori's resignation comes on the same day as the Association of Financial Advisers announced the appointment of its new chief. Helen Morgan-Banda will lead the AFA from August 2, replacing Phil Kewin who resigned ...

AFA announces new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has appointed a new chief executive to replace Phil Kewin who resigned earlier this year. Helen Morgan-Banda will move into the role on August 2. She has nearly 10 years of experience as the chief executive of two ...

CSLR raises concern among advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 23 JUL 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has raised concerns about the cost of the government's proposed Compensation Scheme of Last Resort and the fact that super funds and managed investment schemes are excluded from the proposed regulation. ...

AFA slams new SOA measures

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 JUL 2021
The Association of Financial Advisers has hit back at ASIC and APRA for causing "confusion" and "interfering" with financial advice as they look to introduce new changes to Statements of Advice. The association points to the regulators' joint letter ...

Former AFA chief in new role

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 6 JUL 2021
The former chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers announced his next move, which involves leading another industry body. Phil Kewin will become the president of the National Insurance Brokers Association (NIBA) from August 16. Kewin ...