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AFA looking for next adviser of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... and Practice of the Year awards. As a result, the AFA is now searching for advisers who, according to chief executive Brad Fox, it "not only [rates] as exceptional, but whose performance has also been highly rated by their clients through the client ...

FEATURE: Where next for risk advice?

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 28 APR 2015
... has divided industry bodies, insurers, dealer groups, the media and individual financial planners. AFA chief executive Brad Fox has been one of its most vocal critics, arguing the remuneration recommendations will result in a more costly outcome for ...

AFA calls for adviser leadership

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 24 APR 2015
Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox has said that advisers and licensees should take leadership roles in "pre-empting" life insurance reforms. Signalling the controversial Trowbridge Report as being the catalyst for self-directed ...

Trowbridge proposals will hit consumers hardest

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2015
AFA chief executive Brad Fox has hit back at the FSI and Trowbridge recommendations, saying they are "unworkable, impractical and do not acknowledge the value life insurance advisers provide to consumers." He noted that the hybrid remuneration model ...

Legg Mason appoints custodian

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
Legg Mason Australia has appointed RBC Investor & Treasury Services as its custodian and administrator. Part of the Royal Bank of Canada, RBC Investor & Treasury Services has provided investment administration outsourcing services to fund managers in ...

BOQ provides exclusive banking solution to AFA members

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAR 2015
... Specialist by announcing that it is the preferred financial services provider for AFA members," said AFA chief executive Brad Fox. "It is exciting to have a banking partner that will support advisers to reach their potential by truly understanding and ...

AFA can't give Trowbridge report "complete support"

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAR 2015
... life insurance for Australians, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) cautioned. Specifically, AFA chief executive Brad Fox noted that because the Initial Advice Payment (IAP) proposed in the report was less than the cost of advice, advisers would ...

AFA and PFL award Australia's top insurers

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 12 MAR 2015
... including an important element that reflects upon the sustainability of their product and services," AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. "TAL has certainly led the market in a number of areas over recent years including initiatives that bring efficiency ...

Young advisers flock to the AFA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
... the GenXt initiative, in helping our members to embrace their own professional development," the AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. "We have spent time and effort to find out what [young advisers] want - it's to get noticed, get inspired, get connected ...

Work harder to fight negative press: AFA

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2015
... to fight negative stereotypes about financial planning, argued Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox at a recent Value Alliance event in Sydney. As an example, he noted that Houghton Strategic Solutions owner and AFA member ...