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PJC to hold TASA hearing tomorrow

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 11 JUN 2013
... amending the legislation," FPA general manager of Policy and Standards Dante De Gori told Financial Standard. The Association of Financial Advisers will also present its views at the PJC and will submit a proposal for an amendment of the bill. Last week ...

Government extends TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... details," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) general manager of Policy and Standards Dante De Gori said. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) also welcomed the decision. "The AFA accepts that financial advisers will come under the TASA regime ...

AFA moves into broadcast to promote advice vision

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is in the initial stages of a new broasdcast strategy to raise awareness about the importance of receiving financial advice. The AFA chief executive Brad Fox told Financial Standard that the organisation is ...

Greens hold the key to TASA in Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... the organisation expects the bill to be approved at today's sitting in the House of Representatives. The FPA and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) spent the last 24 hours lobbying members of the Parliament from all parties for the bill to be ...

TASA now likely to include advisers by July 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... March 8, 2013, and Treasury received 33 submissions, including those of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). The FPA was concerned about the ...

Shorten slams opposition's 'freeze-frame' super plans

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... the national pool of superannuation savings by over half a trillion dollars by 2037," Shorten added. Meanwhile, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has welcomed the passing of the bill into the House of Representatives; however, AFA chief executive ...

Adviser "enshrinement" bill passes through lower house

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAY 2013
... against people calling themselves "financial planners" irrespective of their training, competence, or licensing. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has welcomed the enshrinement. "This piece of legislation has been reviewed by the Parliamentary ...

Planners must advise people, not portfolios

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 MAY 2013
... mind that they servicing not just portfolios, but people, trusted advisers say in new research. The research by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) shows that interpersonal skills are highly prized by their clients. "Clients don't care about ...

APRA delays collection of super reporting form

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 24 MAY 2013
... form for the first quarter of 2013-2014, but it has delayed it to October 28, 2014. APRA made the decision after the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Australian Institute of Superannuation Trustees (AIST) and the Financial ...

Planner numbers drop on FoFA changes

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAY 2013
... industry due to the potential management and cost to implement the regime," De Gori told the Financial Standard. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) national president Michael Nowak acknowledged the decline and agreed with De Gori. He said that ...