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Industry responds to Dover shutdown

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
... funds under advice. The closure is expected to affect more than 250 small businesses. Labelling the demise of Dover as tragic, AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said the association is doing all that it can to provide assistance to members under Dover's ...

AFA criticises draft FASEA standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
... standards, pointing to numerous areas that need clarity and focus, particularly around governance at the licensee level. The AFA said FASEA doesn't go far enough to include licensees in the code of ethics or addresses how to establish the correct compliance ...

TAL bolsters mental health capabilities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... TAL and its staff provide better care to their customers," Lydon said. Earlier in the year TAL was named Strategic Insight/AFA Overall Platinum Life Company of the Year at the Association of Financial Advisers Life Company of the Year Awards.

Adviser disciplinary regime has holes: AFA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 14 MAY 2018
... ineffective due to a lack of communication between responsible parties. In its response submission to the Royal Commission the AFA said: "There is no question that the various stakeholders mentioned above have not worked together as constructively as ...

Industry wants one-stop-shop professional body: Poll

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 7 MAY 2018
... Maxwell's own products and services...The advice was so poor that I all but threw it in the bin," she said. During his appearance, AFA chief executive Philip Kewin said the AFA began considering its regulatory purpose when Financial Advisers Standards ...

Uncertainty abounds future of advice regulation

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 MAY 2018
... laws and policies. It also raised concerns around the industry's ability to self-regulate, she said. In referencing the FPA, AFA and ASIC's evidence, Orr questioned whether the current division of responsibility for the advice industry - being between ...

Adviser regulation lacking a professional body, RC hears

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... official banning orders from ASIC because the association didn't want to tarnish its reputation and engage in a legal battle. AFA chief executive Philip Kewin faced the country's highest form of public inquiry yesterday, explaining the professional ...

MGP responds to Henderson's RC hearing

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 27 APR 2018
... Financial Standard requested the assistance of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to confirm that no one on the FS Power50 has breached their respective membership rules. The selection process can ...

Advice firm impersonated clients

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Financial Standard requested the assistance of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to confirm that no one on the FS Power50 has breached their respective membership rules. The selection process can ...

High profile adviser under fire

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 26 APR 2018
... Financial Standard requested the assistance of the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to confirm that no one on the FS Power50 has breached their respective membership rules. The selection process can ...