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TAA urges active recruitment for industry sustainability

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 17 MAR 2023
The Advisers Association (TAA) is urging the industry to proactively attract more entrants to the profession, starting by working closely with universities and education providers. TAA chief executive Neil Macdonald said advisers should think laterally ...

Associations call for improved access to financial advice

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 FEB 2023
... executive John Maroney, Stockbrokers and Investment Advisers Association chief executive Judith Fox, The Advisers Association chief executive Neil Mcdonald, and CFA Societies Australia chief executive Lisa Carroll.

Adviser associations to merge

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUN 2022
... Authorised Representatives Association (ARA), have voted to close the 40-year-old association and merge with The Advisers Association (TAA). ARA represents around 90 Charter Financial Planning businesses and approximately 250 advisers. Its members voted ...

Advice requirements confusing, complex: JAWG

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUN 2022
... Australia, Financial Planning Association of Australia, Financial Services Council, SMSF Association and The Advisers Association among others. As a group, the Joint Associations Working Group represents more than 90% of advisers on the Financial Advisers ...

TAA calls for prudent pace for reforms

KARREN VERGARA  |  TUESDAY, 8 MAR 2022
... should not be encumbered by two sets of major reforms in a short period of time. This is according to The Advisers Association, which is calling on the federal government to be "prudent" and wait for the outcome of the Quality of Advice Review before ...

The Advisers Association appoints chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 FEB 2022
The Advisers Association (TAA) appointed Queensland-based Bill Beimers as its new chair. Beimers is the founder and managing director of SEQ Advice, a Queensland-based financial advice and services practice. Beimers has served on the TAA board as vice ...

Industry mixed over FSC advice framework

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  FRIDAY, 15 OCT 2021
... the FSC is trustworthy - particularly for risk advisers. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), The Advisers Association (TAA) and Synchron support changes that will lead to affordable advice for consumers and relieving the compliance burden for ...

AMP shakes up advice service model

KARREN VERGARA, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2021
... in-house, AMP said. The restructure was developed in conjunction with adviser associations. Chair of The Advisers Association Craig Armstrong said the association has worked with the new management team in AMP Australia to progress the new services model ...

Banks should pay advice exit levy: TAA

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2021
The Advisers Association (TAA) is calling on the government to mandate major banks and institutions pay an exit levy upon leaving the advice industry to provide relief for financial advisers and mitigate the increasing levy. Earlier this month the Australian ...

AMP adviser numbers shrivel

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 12 JAN 2021
... were about 250-300 firms they gave notice to that they were terminating, so it's not a surprise," The Advisers Association chief executive Neil Macdonald told Financial Standard last month. He explained that the practices terminated by AMP were typically ...