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It's not the when but the what happens after

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 JUL 2015
... it" - 37.5% in 2013; 38.4% in 2014; and, 47.4% this year to date....and counting. That's if the latest American Association of Individual Investors (AAII) Sentiment Survey is any guide. The AAII's survey for the week ending 22 July shows that "neutral ...

Member engagement a danger to super savings

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... said. Wills said that the problem is "when you get to 67 you don't tend to be disengaged." Quoting a study by the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) on super fund member behaviour during the global financial crisis, he said, "in ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... [protected] consumers." Similar to the Life Insurance Framework agreed upon by the Financial Services Council, Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Association of Australia, the reforms target remuneration structures in insurance ...

Insurance advisers focusing on client segmentation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... Financial Standard, Connected Convenience, another recent Beddoes white paper - co-produced with Zurich and the Association of Financial Advisers - addresses this issue from a communications standpoint. It concluded that there are generational differences ...

AFA tweaking life insurance framework

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers is refining aspects of the Life Insurance Framework developed jointly with the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and Financial Services Council (FSC). The three industry associations reached consensus ...

Findex life insurance goes commission-free

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... divisions will now only recommend commission-free life insurance policies. As per the recommendations provided by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Financial Services Council (FSC) in June, life insurers ...

IFAs to benefit from ASIC SME focus

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... launching ASIC's first dedicated smartphone app for small business." As reported in Financial Standard on July 15, Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox suggested that ASIC could further expand its role in financial advice by providing ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... System Inquiry (FSI) has recommended banning LRBAs, a move which was drawn criticism from industry quarters. The Association of Financial Advisers dubbed a potential ban "draconian" at the SMSF Association Annual Conference back in February. At the same ...

Adviser Ratings provides planner endorsements

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... first project in this initiative is The Really Simple Guide to Financial Advice, produced in collaboration with the Association of Financial Advisers. This and other education material will be provided online via Adviser Ratings' Consumer Literacy Ce ...

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... Advisers should master digital communications channels before they lose business to other industries, according to Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking in Sydney at the launch of the AFA/Zurich/Beddoes Institute white ...