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AFA Foundation appoints AIA exec as new chair

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has appointed AIA Australia head of retail Pina Sciarrone as chairperson of the AFA foundation. The Foundation encourages AFA members to raise funds and awareness for the organisation's charity partners. The ...

CommInsure wins AFA/PFL Life Company of the Year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... has won the AFA / PFL Life Insurance Company of the Year Platinum award, as well as the Investment Bond award. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life (PFL) awarded insurance companies at the black-tie event held in Sydney last ...

Advice industry under-prepared for younger client base

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... focused. The two major bodies representing the industry in Australia, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are aware of the problem and have initiatives in place to encourage a broader cross-section ...

Industry overestimates amount needed for retirement

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 MAR 2014
... message touted by the retirement savings industry that most people must save more retirement than they currently do. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) is one of the most vocal advocates of this message in the Australian market. ...

AFA Plan For Life - Life Company Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 4 MAR 2014
... product awards using a methodology that is transparent and understandable. In the area of Service Quality, PFL and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have jointly developed benchmarks on which the companies will be ranked.

Sinodinos announces SuperStream governance structure

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  MONDAY, 24 FEB 2014
... superannuation contributions using e-commerce," AIST executive manager, policy and research, David Haynes said. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) also welcomed the announcement, calling the ATO the "logical" choice for the role. ...

FPA "extremely wary" of general advice commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
... promote a new stream of 'general advice' licensee businesses and sales advisers incentivised by sales commissions." The association expressed "grave concerns" that the proposed change "has overstated the consumer benefit of providing general advice ...

General advice exemption "irrelevant" to advisers: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has judged the general advice exemption to conflicted remuneration "irrelevant" in its submission to Treasury about the proposed amendments to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA). "The AFA does not believe ...

FPA puts TASA back in the agenda

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2014
... the Tax Agent Services Act (TASA) 2009 back on the advisers' agenda ahead of the implementation in July 1, 2014. The association has put together four webinars and a toolkit campaign that aim to educate planners on the main requirements of TASA. The ...

FoFA reform brings general advice into the spotlight

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 17 FEB 2014
... that the exemption to general advice could bring back the commissions that FoFA intended to eliminate. However, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has reiterated its position, with chief executive Brad Fox saying that "these claims are totally ...