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From cash to prosperity: AFA

... strategies for handling fears and concerns about volatile markets. "The forum's all about peer to peer learning, it's about delegates hearing from their peers, it's about tangible, takeaway advice skills, as well as hearing from industry experts," said ...

Climate change good for agriculture

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2008
... that the high food prices will push countries to protectionism, which has already been seen." Despite these challenges, delegates at a recent climate change summit convened by the Farm Institute carried the view that Australian agriculture continued ...

Longevity puts focus on trauma insurance

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 7 APR 2008
Improving longevity means insurance will need to cover individuals while they are still alive - not when they die, delegates of last week's Riskstore Living Insurances conference were told. "Cancer rates are going up but this is because of aging. Actual ...

Product-based fees create conflict

... facing the financial planning industry. "The pleasing aspect to come out of this forum was the general agreement among delegates regarding the importance of the financial planning industry, as it continues to grow and head towards professionalism," said ...

IIFA pledges global reporting standards

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2007
... a better investment fund reporting system at its 21st annual meeting, which concluded in Sydney last Friday. The 76 delegates, representing 35 different national investment fund associations, pledged to improve reporting standards after recognising the ...

AFA sharpens technical skills

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has booked 26 per cent more delegates this year than last year for its upcoming event, the AFA National Conference, with the three-day event focusing on hands on, practical ideas for advisers and the technical ...

Lack of automation hikes costs

... lack of automation. "More than 80 per cent of the transactions we get from your distributors are manual," he told the delegates. But Chris Ryan, chief executive officer of ING Asset Management in Asia, countered that manual processing is often "not a ...

PIS pre-empts NZ adviser surge

CHRIS NICHOLLS  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 SEP 2007
... in a possible pre-emptive move to accommodate investors rushing to seek advice after KiwiSaver kicks in. Speaking to delegates at PIS New Zealand's annual conference in Fiji, chief executive Robbie Bennetts said the New Zealand arm was in for an interesting ...

AFA soft skills forum attracts 600

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 13 AUG 2007
... traveling forum conducted by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) last month attracted more then 600 advisers and delegates throughout Perth, Sydney, Adelaide, Hobart, Brisbane and Melbourne who heard how they can develop their soft skills and ...

Stung UK private equity managers fight back

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 JUN 2007
... (BVCA) has thrown off the gloves and come out fighting. BVCA vice chairman Jeremy Hand, in a speech to 300 industry delegates last week, said it was time the whole industry stepped up its public relations (PR) and challenged the irrational criticism. ...