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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
... financial institutions needs to begin with a focus on people at the coalface. Chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, Phil Kewin, admits it's a trying time. "I've never seen a more stressful environment for advisers in terms ...

Trade-off needed on existing adviser standards: Fox

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 JUL 2018
The former chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers believes a practical trade-off is required in order for the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority to meet its "mutually exclusive" goals for increasing industry professionalism. ...

AFA seeks overhaul of proposed education standards

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 3 JUL 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers is seeking significant changes to the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's draft education standards, including calls for experienced advisers over 55 to be subject to more lenient requirements ...

Multi-disciplinary industry trend continues: CBA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 JUN 2018
... 2019 if they wish to continue doing so. In the wake of the Dover Financial Advisers scandal, Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Phil Kewin said the current wait time for ASIC to process a new AFSL is about five months. In this context ...

Listed fintech partners for financial wellness

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... with Your Wealth Hub, a digital financial literacy and employee benefits offering co-founded by Association of Financial Advisers national president Marc Bineham and Noall & Co group general manager Gavin Glozier. Via a pilot program of Wisr's new financial ...

ASIC issues warning over Dover advisers

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 JUN 2018
... 2018 - a period for action made shorter by a long weekend across most of Australia. Yesterday Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Phil Kewin admonished the month-long transition period afforded to Dover advisers, saying it was unrealistic ...

Industry responds to Dover shutdown

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUN 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers will lobby ASIC and the Federal Government to extend the transition period provided to Dover Financial Advisers' authorised representatives in the wake of the dealer group's shock closure. On Friday evening ...

AFA criticises draft FASEA standard

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUN 2018
The Association of Financial Advisers released its assessment of the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority's 12 draft standards, pointing to numerous areas that need clarity and focus, particularly around governance at the licensee level. ...

TAL bolsters mental health capabilities

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 MAY 2018
... 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.