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AFA hits back at fee-for-service report

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 5 MAR 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers has criticised the small sample size of a recent Rice Warner Actuaries report that highlighted Australians risk paying 13 times more for commission-based advice versus fee-for-service. Richard Klipin, chief executive ...

Clients stung by commissioned advice

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
... 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 which kind of fee structure they would ...

Advisers award top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 26 FEB 2009
Asteron and Aviva were the joint awardees of this year's 2008 Life Insurance Company of the Year Award by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Plan For Life. Challenger, which last year acquired the annuities portfolio of AXA, was named the ...

Govt move aids planners

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  THURSDAY, 19 FEB 2009
... clients to stop payments. All advisers need to do is submit a request for the suspension in writing. Meanwhile, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and Financial Planning ...

Insurance bonds renaissance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... 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 or balanced option investments. ...

ITC Funds Management expands team

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2009
... year that the diversified forestry investments group was recognised in the Innovation category of the Victorian Association of Forest Industries (VAFI) Sustainability Awards.

Bennelong signs ex-ARIA chief Gibbs

COMPANY RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 13 FEB 2009
... Australian Reward Investment Alliance (ARIA) chief executive and has also held a number of roles on the ASX and Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan also invited Gibbs to help formalise ...

In planners we trust

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 12 FEB 2009
... economic climate. "Trust and familiarity particularly applies to advisers," Lawton said to an audience at yesterday's Association of Financial Advisers GenXt road show in Sydney. "The overwhelming appreciation of advisers [by clients] is that relationship ...

ASFA's goals for 2009

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 FEB 2009
... returns data and superannuation data exchange number among the top projects for ASFA this year. Speaking at an Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) lunch yesterday, Pauline Vamos, chief executive of ASFA told the audience that the ...

RG146 unveils planning stars

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 FEB 2009
... client-centric dedication by the education house. Meanwhile, Jo Bean from AMP Corporate Superannuation in Tasmania, won the Association of Financial Advisers '2008 Student of the Year' award. Bean completed her Diploma of Financial Services (Financial ...