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AFA announces new chief executive

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... and other industry bodies on behalf of our members." The AFA is Australia's longest-standing financial advice association and celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Kewin served as the AFA chief executive for four years from March 2017 and April ...

APRA intervention blindsided AFA, FPA taskforce

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2020
At the Financial Services Council Life Insurance Summit, the heads of financial advice industry associations admitted to being blindsided by APRA's intervention on individual disability income insurance. Association of Financial Advisers chief executive ...

Senator remains firm on FASEA extension

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 15 JUN 2020
... FASEA extensions hit a snag, is not backing down. The senator defended his amendment in an email to a financial advice association. "I added a schedule to the bill. Despite what some people who have contacted me have suggested, the amendment I moved ...

FASEA boycott sparks in-fighting

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 2 JUN 2020
Suggestions from one financial advice association that advisers should boycott the FASEA exam has led to a call for associations to merge in order to better represent the industry. The United Financial Advisers Association (UFAA) has called on its 6000-strong ...

Advice associations meet new minister

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
The two key financial advice associations have met with the government's new superannuation and financial services lead for the first time. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association of Financial Advisers together met with newly ...

FPA, AFA partner on life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
The key financial advice associations have teamed up for a life insurance taskforce as the industry inches towards ASIC's review of the life insurance framework slated for 2021. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association ...

Uncertainty abounds future of advice regulation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
Testimony provided to the Royal Commission by key financial advice associations and the corporate regulator raised concerns as to the organisations' efficacy in identifying and penalising misconduct. In closing the Royal Commission's inquiry into financial ...

Senate report, a turning point for advice industry

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUN 2014
The financial services industry is at a turning point after the Senate Economics Committee report stressed the need for dramatic changes in the way the advice sector operates. The Financial Planning Association (FPA) said that "Australia's complex financial ...

Advisers applaud "historic" ban on commissions

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
Financial advice associations and the Financial Services Council (FSC) have applauded the "historic" ban on commissions in general advice and welcomed the government's changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) law. "We are extraordinarily pleased ...

FSC asks Son of Wallis Inquiry to focus on export growth

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 13 DEC 2013
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is looking at the Financial System Inquiry as an opportunity to find ways for Australia's financial services to maximise exports and ensure growth. In a submission to the terms of reference of the so-called Son of ...