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Female Excellence in Advice finalists announced

DARREN SNYDER | THURSDAY, 16 AUG 2018

... week. More than 370 nominations and 44 applications were received for this year's award, a record number according to the AFA. The Female Excellence in Advice Award is a joint initiative by the AFA and TAL, and celebrates women in financial advice who ...

AFA gets an audience with O'Dwyer

HARRISON WORLEY | FRIDAY, 10 AUG 2018

... expressed its concerns about the potential impact to the advice profession if a "practical solution" could not be found. The AFA said it asked O'Dwyer what the expected outcome would be, with the minister confirming there was no target for adviser attrition. ...

Grandfathered commission debate an overreaction: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2018

... practices in reality. Addressing delegates at the 2018 Association of Financial Advisers' National Roadshow in Sydney, AFA head of policy Phil Anderson said ASIC's argument about the prevalence of grandfathered commissions is misguided and not ...

PPS Mutual creates state manager role

KARREN VERGARA | TUESDAY, 24 JUL 2018

... manager after working as national partnership manager at the Association of Financial Advisers for the past two years. At the AFA she was responsible for connecting members with the services, education pathways and resources. In her new role, Sequeira-Walmsley ...

Pressure mounts on regional advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | MONDAY, 23 JUL 2018

The already limited availability of financial advice in regional and rural Australia is at risk of being further undermined as the fallout from the Royal Commission continues. An analysis of the ASIC Financial Adviser Register (FAR) shows 4700 financial ...

TAL expands Risk Academy offering

DARREN SNYDER | WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018

... on-demand webinar. The webinar is one hour and carries one CPD point accredited through the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA). TAL insures about four million Australians.

Financial services employees face ongoing stress at work

HARRISON WORLEY | WEDNESDAY, 11 JUL 2018

... put someone else's on, because if you don't look after yourself first, then you can't look out for anyone else." AFA 2017 Female Excellence in Advice winner and Wellthy chief executive Lea Schodel says that in order to help others, advisers ...

Trade-off needed on existing adviser standards: Fox

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018

... Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority to meet its "mutually exclusive" goals for increasing industry professionalism. Former AFA chief executive and Smart Brave Consulting managing director Brad Fox said FASEA's decision on degree equivalency will ...

AFA seeks overhaul of proposed education standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018

... requirements; recognition of psychology as a related field; and numerous deadline delays. In its submission to FASEA, the AFA has called for a provision whereby advisers with at least 15 years' experience who are aged 55 or over as at 31 December ...

ASIC issues warning over Dover advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON | WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018

... are probably quite attracted to the idea of being in control of their own destiny at this point," he said. Kewin said the AFA is in contact with ASIC in regards to extending the transition period and is also trying to contact Minister for Revenue and ...

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Australian Unity to shed 195 roles

MATTHEW WAI

Australian Unity is reducing its workforce by 195 positions due to underperformance stemming from delays in government support for its Home Health platform and the integration of several businesses.

Count shutters limited-advice business, slips in size ranking

MATTHEW WAI

Count Financial has reportedly wound up its restricted SMSF/limited-advice service, losing some 26 advisers on the Financial Adviser Register, latest data shows.

First Super recruits head of investments from Prime Super

MATTHEW WAI

First Super has appointed a new head of investments, replacing Chris Artis, who was in the position for the past three months on an interim basis.

BMO eyes Euroz Hartleys' capital markets business

KARREN VERGARA

Euroz Hartleys confirmed it is in discussions with Canada's BMO Financial Group for a potential sale of its capital markets business for $145 million.

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