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AFA and ANZ begin search for 2017 Rising Star

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 23 MAY 2017
... offering. Nominations for the 2017 Rising Star of the Year Award close on 28 July, with the winner to be announced at the AFA National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast in October.

Advice associations respond to Federal Budget

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 MAY 2017
... association also welcomed the Banking Executive Accountability Regime as a means of strengthening consumer trust. However, the AFA is disappointed no measures were announced to address the financial wellbeing of women and the retirement savings gender ...

AFA recruits for professionalism

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAY 2017
... manager, policy and professionalism Samantha Clarke in preparing the association to become a monitoring body of an ASIC-approved AFA Code Scheme and to assist advisers in transitioning to the FASEA standards. Vogel was most recently a senior legal counsel ...

Nominations for adviser award opens

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
... their practice, raise the bar on professional standards, and make a positive impact on the public perception of advisers. AFA general manager of member services, partnerships and campus Nick Hakes said: "The award process isn't about recognising those ...

AFA launches female excellence in advice award

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  TUESDAY, 18 APR 2017
... community and clients with the launch of the Female Excellence in Advice Award. The award, which is a joint initiative of the AFA and TAL, promotes positive change in the financial advice sector by encouraging more women to enter the industry and to ...

Industry model costing good advisers

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... cost of monitoring and remediating poor advisers could cost the financial advice industry more than $20 million in levies. AFA chief executive Philip Kewin said: "There are currently no provisions to provide discounts for those advisers who are doing ...

Advisers to consult on ASIC's behalf

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 29 MAR 2017
... a committee made up of practising advisers." In a statement to Financial Standard, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) welcomed the committee. "The AFA is very supportive of ASIC further raising its engagement with advisers," AFA general manager ...

BT Financial Group wins Life Company of the Year

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 10 MAR 2017
... Life Company of the Year in Sydney last night. BTFG took home the platinum award against runners-up TAL, MLC and OnePath. The AFA and Strategic Insight said these insurers were analysed on five key criteria: company financial strength, based on solvency ...

Fight for workplace equality and diversity far from over

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 9 MAR 2017
... Brad Fox, as shared during a panel discussion at an International Women's Day event in Sydney yesterday jointly hosted by AFA Inspire and BT Financial Group's The Stella Network. "People at the top have got to be able to provide opportunities and support ...

AFA chief executive steps down

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 7 MAR 2017
... following the planned succession of Brad Fox. Kewin, a former financial adviser and former Zurich executive, will become the AFA chief executive on March 20. Fox has held the chief executive role for the past four years, and has agreed to continue to ...