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Stockbrokers Association opens doors to advisers

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 29 NOV 2016
... the introduction of the professional standards legislation to parliament, association members voted to amend the constitution to allow the association to adopt a "Conduct Review and Disciplinary System" to enable the association to become a code monitoring ...

Dunsford explains backpedal at EGM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... Dunsford has explained his decision to withdraw the motion to change the Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) Constitution at the recent extraordinary general meeting (EGM). The director of Dunsford Financial Planning and leader of the Life Insurance ...

Insurance reforms get member support

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... a vote. The special resolution fell well short of the votes needed to bring about a change to the industry body's constitution. Out of 842 members who voted, 620 voted against (74%) and just 222 voted in favour (26%). The vote was taken at an extraordinary ...

Next wave of super legislation rolls in

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
Attempting to keep superannuation reforms on the move, Treasurer Scott Morrison released more draft legislation yesterday. Among the second tranche of legislation are plans to implement the $1.6 million transfer balance cap, limiting the amount an individual ...

Brown to leave after AFA board re-election

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
... the required two-year period. The new board will assume office at the conclusion of the AFA's AGM as per the AFA constitution, to be held on 6 October at the AFA national adviser conference in Canberra. The AFA EGM is also to be held on this date, one ...

LICG successful in triggering AFA EGM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
... received the minimum number of member submissions required under the Corporations Act to propose an amendment to its constitution via an extraordinary general meeting (EGM). Spearheaded by the Life Insurance Customer Group (LICG), the AFA said the resolution ...

LICG will fight on after failing to trigger AFA constitution talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... an extraordinary general meeting of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to explore a change to the body's constitution after nearly half of the submissions it sent requesting one were found to be invalid. The AFA confirmed it had received a number ...

Sentry Group slams LICG's "opportunistic attack"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... Hills suggested the LICG's call for an extraordinary general meeting to pass a special resolution to change the AFA constitution was an "opportunistic attack" and that he "took a very dim view when the LICG and one of its founders publicly turned on ...

EGM forms require validation: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 23 AUG 2016
... been reached." Dunsford is calling on AFA members to vote on a special resolution that seeks to "change the AFA's constitution to restrict the member elected board from deciding on policy positions in relation to life insurance for a period of three ...

AFA calls on members to reject constitution change

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 AUG 2016
... members to reject a call for an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) to pass a special resolution to change the AFA constitution, following an adviser's request via the Life Insurance Customer Group (LICG). Director of NOW Financial Group, member of LICG ...