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AFA Foundation headed for milestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 AUG 2019
... conference, AFA chief executive Phil Kewin shared his support of the AFA Foundation. Last year, Kewin and a group of AFA members trekked the Kokoda trail to raise money for one of the foundation's partners, Bears of Hope. Applications open for the next ...

AFA expands support for paraplanners

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 22 JUL 2019
... practice for paraplanners. AFA Pulse has been designed as an online community, launched with a Facebook page. Any AFA members who are paraplanners or looking to move into paraplanning are welcome to join. The community will be led by Pulse national chair ...

MetLife, AFA call for more diversity in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
MetLife and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) launched the MetLife Progress: Professional Development Grant for Women. MetLife Progress is aimed at creating greater gender diversity in the financial advice industry by helping women achieve ...

Advisers not prepared for exam: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... up to do the exam, Anderson is keen to get their feedback on FASEA's questions and provide that information to AFA members. "We sent a note out to members yesterday, asking them to tell us if they're sitting the exam and we'll set up a tele-conference ...

AFA Foundation celebrates record year

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... $300,000 for its partner charities. In announcing the result, AFA Foundation chair Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur thanked AFA members for their generous donations over the last 12 months. "We had our best fundraising year ever at AFA signature event - this ...

AFA to launch investigation into adviser misconduct

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 22 DEC 2017
The Association of Financial Advisers has confirmed it will launch its own investigation into why three of its members entered into enforceable undertakings with ASIC in as many days. While AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said he would not discuss the ...

Long-standing AFA member and mentor honoured

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 12 OCT 2017
An international hockey commentator has been honoured with this year's Michael Murphy Award at the Association of Financial Advisers' National Adviser Conference. Celebrating his 40th year of AFA membership at the association's 40th annual conference ...

Kokoda revisited: The AFA journey

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
The AFA 2017 National Adviser Conference will hear the stories of 11 AFA members who raised more than $40,000 in completing the Kokoda Trail and increasing awareness of veteran suicide and PTSD. An AFA Foundation initiative saw the group trek 96 kilometres ...

FS Live Blog: 2017 AFA National Adviser Conference

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2017
... eventually leads to better trust within the wider Australian community. Nowak acknowledges first-timer delegates as well as AFA members who are celebrating 10 years-plus with the association. The theme of this year's conference is "adaptive change" ...

AFA shines spotlight on peer learning

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 5 OCT 2017
... upcoming National Adviser Conference. The industry body is introducing a Meet the Mentors session at which long-standing AFA members will meet one-on-one with more recent entrants to the adviser community and impart their insights. Conference chair and ...