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AFA hits back at QAR submissions from Choice, ISA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
The Association of Financial Advisers has hit back at the Quality of Advice Review submissions from Choice and Industry Super Australia, saying their recommendations are harmful to the sector. Starting with Choice, the AFA said the consumer body's submission ...

Review of YFYS receives mixed response

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2022
... a pause of the test extension beyond MySuper products for 12 months has been introduced. Favouring the review, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) welcomed the government's announcement. ASFA chief executive Martin Fahy said ...

AMP wants life insurance caps raised, fees lowered

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
... we've worked with our advice network, professional associations such as the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), the Financial Services Council (FSC) and other licensees to find common ground and create a ...

Advice requirements confusing, complex: JAWG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... their funding requirements and utilise their funding." Members of the Joint Associations Working Group include the Association of Financial Advisers, Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand, CPA Australia, Financial Planning Association of Australia ...

Clear up uncertainty: AFA, FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
Both the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have used their submissions to the Quality of Advice Review to call for regulatory certainty. Releasing their submissions yesterday, both industry ...

ASFA, Deloitte recommend group insurance changes

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUN 2022
Collaborating to examine the benefits of insurance offered via superannuation, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and Deloitte have made recommendations as to how it could be enhanced. A joint report titled ' The Future of Insurance ...

Chalmers sworn in as treasurer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2022
... treasurer since 2018. While he is yet to concede his seat of Kooyong, it is considered unlikely he will be re-elected. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia said: "Chalmers is well placed, given his experience, to steer superannuation ...

GQG Partners expands Australian team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... responsible for distribution in Queensland and Victoria. Killen is also currently the Victorian state chair of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). On the new appointments, GQG Partners director of wholesale markets Daniel Bullock said Jenkins' ...

Super Guarantee increases now ironclad

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... savings, which is why our super system needs to be strengthened and protected, not undermined." Of a similar view, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said that lifting the SG to 12% is critical. The association said that the ...

Industry pans early release superannuation policy

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 16 MAY 2022
... of families who want to buy a home." Despite the government's enthusiasm for the housing affordability scheme, the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said such a policy would be ineffective in improving housing affordability and ...