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Remove adviser double tax: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... under the current state payroll tax, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) told delegates at its annual conference in Cairns. The AFA will lobby for an exemption for financial advisers to be included in the payroll tax rules for each Australian ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
AFA chief executive Brad Fox set the scene for this year's Conference in Cairns unveiling the 'AFA Narrative', a redesigned strategy built around the concepts of market health, advice culture, regulation, public perceptions and advice factors. "We've ...

AFA names 10th Rising Star Award winner

ALICE URIBE  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... Budge of My Wealth Solutions has been named the 2014 AFA Rising Star of the Year at the AFA National Adviser Conference in Cairns. The award, now in its 10th year, was presented by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and ANZ Wealth and recognises ...

Enter AFA's best tweet competition

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... Sunday," the spokesperson said. "We also thought it would be good to tweet a simple tweet on the day you are travelling up to Cairns. Be great if any of you see the #onmyway tweets retweeted. Really looking forward to your involvement and trending would ...

Innovation to drive 2014 AFA Conference

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... tagline for the conference this year is "Innovate: Think. Create. Act." The AFA expects 800-900 delegates to descend on the Cairns Convention Centre for the four-day conference which runs from 11-14 October. Former Australian Football League chief executive ...

Expect more regulation on 'too-big-to-fail': Hockey

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 22 SEP 2014
... to have additional protections in case they fail, Treasurer Joe Hockey said at the G20 meeting of Finance ministers in Cairns this weekend. Hockey said that the Financial Stability Board (FSB) is expected to release a proposal for additional international ...

Magellan sees "real tensions" in launching ASX-listed fund

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 17 SEP 2014
... is considering launching a global open-ended fund listed to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX), but chairman Brett Cairns has expressed concerns about the process. "There are some real tensions between those who manage money, and have some intellectual ...

Hockey names infrastructure top priority for G20

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... mobilisation of private capital to fund infrastructure is his first priority ahead of the G20 meeting which kicks off today in Cairns. Speaking at the Bloomberg Sydney Summit this morning, Hockey said the G20 nations are agreed that structural reform ...

AFA awards finalists announced

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 16 SEP 2014
... The winners of the three awards will be announced on Tuesday, 14 October 2014 at the AFA national adviser conference in Cairns.

Latest Financial Standard issue available on the iPad app

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 25 AUG 2014
... special. We also profile ME Bank CEO Jamie McPhee and cover this year's Financial Services Counctil (FSC) conference in Cairns. You can read these articles on your iPad by downloading Financial Standard iPadA(C) app free from the App store, for a limited ...