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Life commissions, referral fees still kosher: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 FEB 2020
A regulatory update at the Association of Financial Advisers' Roadshow event in Sydney provided financial advisers a clear message on life insurance commissions and referral fees, and took aim at a former FASEA board member in the process. AFA general ...

Former AMP, Synchron adviser charged

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 21 FEB 2020
... surrender his passport. According to the ASIC Financial Adviser Register, Dick is a member of the Association of Financial Advisers. Earlier this week a 73-year-old man from Nowra in New South Wales was sentenced to a term of two years imprisonment for ...

Focus to acquire stake in MEDIQ

KANIKA SOOD  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 FEB 2020
Following its acquisition of a stake in Escala Partners, New York-based Focus Financial Partners is set to buy a slice of Melbourne-based MEDIQ Financial Services. Focus has entered a definitive agreement to partner with Ravi Agarwal's MEDIQ Financial ...

FASEA extension passes

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 13 FEB 2020
... which is an additional two years. The Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) lobbied for these extensions. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori responded to news of the bill passing on LinkedIn, saying ...

New board member at EQT

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 12 FEB 2020
... diverse start-ups, and she is chair of portfolio company TalkiPlay. She was a finalist for the Association of Financial Advisers' Adviser of the Year Award in 2014 and won the AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award in 2013 and the Financial Planning Association ...

Pro-bono advice program for bushfire affected launches

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 FEB 2020
... bushfire crisis can now sign up to be a part of the Financial Planning Association of Australia and Association of Financial Advisers joint pro-bono advice program. The Financial Planning Bushfire Pro-Bono Program is open and ready as of today. It's ...

Where to from here?

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 FEB 2020
... of February 2019 that figure stood at 27,792. That's a drop of 4319 - or 15.5%. Looking back, Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Phil Kewin told Financial Standard the surprise for many advisers is how what were deemed to be systemic and ...

Advisers still unclear on referral rules

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 JAN 2020
... there actually isn't an answer, and only more pain, confusion and uncertainty," Marshan said. Association of Financial Advisers general manager, policy and professionalism Phil Anderson said many advisers have raised concerns regarding the impact of ...

What you read in 2019: Financial advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 19 DEC 2019
There wasn't a dull day to be had in Australia's financial advice industry in 2019, but unfortunately it was rarely a good thing. We are bidding farewell to the year that is likely to be remembered as one financial advisers would rather forget. ...

No joy in the advice world this Christmas

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 DEC 2019
... cover would put further pressure on the public system. The strain on advisers has also seen the Association of Financial Advisers and the Financial Planning Association of Australia come together, calling for a coordinated approach to supporting the ...