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AFA calls for remuneration choice

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2009
... has questioned the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) role in determining how the industry is remunerated. Richard Klipin, chief executive at the AFA, said the FPA's recent announcement that its membership should move to a fee for advice model by ...

AFA supports PIS strategy

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2009
... Investment Services' (PIS) strategy to go head to head against the industry fund anti-commission advertising campaigns. Richard Klipin, chief executive at the AFA, said without the ability for financial advisers to receive commissions, many Australians ...

Restrict 'adviser' term: AFA

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 MAR 2009
... brokers and real estate agents can call themselves an 'adviser'. This is very confusing to the consumer," said Richard Klipin, AFA chief executive. "In the interests of better serving the consumer, anyone using the term should be subject to the same ...

AFA unveils policy committee

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 MAR 2009
... we've grown there's a need to be far more active in the political and regulatory space," said AFA chief executive Richard Klipin. Meanwhile the AFA has also appointed Christina Kalantzis, Director of Alexis Compliance & Risk Solutions Pty Ltd (Alexis) ...

AFA hits back at fee-for-service report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
... report that highlighted Australians risk paying 13 times more for commission-based advice versus fee-for-service. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the association, critiqued the sample size of five case studies which were used as the basis of the report. ...

Clients stung by commissioned advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... offer a choice of fee, commission, or both, and are clearly receptive to consumers selecting what they prefer." Richard Klipin, chief executive of Association of Financial Advisers, also said choice is an important factor for clients when they select ...

Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... [acknowledge] 'frontline' feedback from advisers who work with these providers every day on behalf of their clients," said Richard Klipin, AFA's chief executive. "It's important for advisers to have a say [on which the best providers are] - and they ...

Insurance bonds renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... catching the eyes of advisers as the sector revamps itself with more specialist investment options. According to Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, insurance bonds are no longer just "traditional" capital guaranteed ...

AFA names Adviser of the Year

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 OCT 2008
... which has been going on for a number of years has really found some outstanding practices and individuals," said Richard Klipin, AFA chief executive. "These two advisers are each prime examples of the new-style adviser that is energising our association ...

AFA pilot course a success

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  MONDAY, 29 SEP 2008
... participants have hailed the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) inaugural FChFP Pathway Program a success. Richard Klipin, AFA chief executive, said for 11 advisers to participate in the pilot program is a great result and has allowed the program ...