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Soft skills the new pages in adviser playbook

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... vice president and conference chair Michael Nowak said the three-day program was developed in consultation with the association's membership and is about the industry coming together to build the relationships and soft skills that eventually leads to ...

Accessing financial wellbeing: The power of general advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... at its height and yet so many impediments to gaining quality financial advice remain. This is the key driver behind Association of Financial Advisers' president and Noall & Co. managing director Marc Bineham's decision to share his experiences ...

APRA pushes for greater control over super

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... superannuation boards, Rowell said. "It will ensure all boards have a meaningful proportion of directors free from association with related entities - whether that is a parent organisation within a retail group or a nominating member or employer representative ...

Actuaries Institute chief resigns

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... corporate affairs and sustainability at Westpac and spent 10 years as the chief executive of the Australian Bankers' Association. Actuaries Institute president Jenny Lyon said Bell "has been an important part of the Institute and played an instrumental ...

Members better off with equal representation: AIST

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... governance framework, AIST launched a governance code mandatory for member funds from 1 July 2018. Separately, SMSF Association chief John Maroney recently told a Senate Committee employees have the fundamental right to choose their own super fund - ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... Monday morning. #AFAau 5pm - AFA National President Marc Bineham closes the conference with a challenge - can the association's members encourage more people to seek professional advice? It's a wrap for our live blog. Follow #AFAau for tweets on tonight's ...

Voting opens for 2017 Power50

STAFF WRITER  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
Voting is now open for the 2017 Power50 list of Australia's most influential financial advisers. Last month Financial Standard received more than 600 nominations (including multiple nominations) on who should be recognised in the 50 Most Influential ...

Advisers back higher education standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 OCT 2017
An exclusive Financial Standard polling of the 2017 Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) awards finalists show overwhelming support for more stringent proficiency requirements - but the industry can still expect a major fallout from those who choose ...

Industry helps shape new adviser expectations

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 6 OCT 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers' New Financial Advice Competency Framework white paper reveals a consensus among financial services professionals to understand knowledge, attitudes and behaviours. The white paper, produced in partnership with ...

AFA shines spotlight on peer learning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers is offering private coaching sessions for less experienced advisers at its upcoming National Adviser Conference. The industry body is introducing a Meet the Mentors session at which long-standing AFA members will ...