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AFA announces new directors

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... contribution to the AFA in his time as national president has been instrumental to our overall vision for the future of financial advice," AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. "He and his board worked tirelessly to provoke new thinking and ideas to help ...

AFA names 10th Rising Star Award winner

ALICE URIBE  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and ANZ Wealth and recognises the best new advisers who provide quality financial advice, demonstrate a commitment to education, and make a valuable contribution to their profession and to their community. AFA ...

Upfront commissions linked to bad advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... so far been no talk of the banning commissions for risk advice. Life insurance was excluded from the Future of Financial Advice reforms ban on commissions on the grounds that Australians are underinsured. Only 1% of risk advisers receive no commissions. ...

AMP University Challenge winners revealed

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... positive sign for the future success of the financial planning industry. "The heart of the profession is to offer financial advice to help people live better lives. There's no doubt that with the engagement we're seeing from current students in their ...

Enter AFA's best tweet competition

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... National Adviser Conference is focused on providing the knowledge and practical tools for financial advisers and financial advice business owners to excel in a rapidly changing advice environment. It's time to be on the front foot and benefit from the ...

FEATURE: Big data and financial services

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
... you knew enough about them to offer these disengaged clients exactly what they are looking for. We're talking financial advice, insurance, superannuation or investment strategies. "Today, businesses need to be as relevant as possible to their clients ...

One third of risk advisers non-compliant, ASIC says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... of their clients. However, this result must be achieved on a more consistent basis," Kell said. The Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms' ban on commissions did not extend to life insurance. ASIC's report found that high upfront commissions are ...

Innovation to drive 2014 AFA Conference

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... National Adviser Conference is focused on providing the knowledge and practical tools for financial advisers and financial advice business owners to excel in a rapidly changing advice environment. It's time to be on the front foot and benefit from the ...

Coalition secures PUP support on FoFA vote

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The Coalition defeated a Labor motion to disallow the changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation after it secured the support from Palmer United Party (PUP) and other crossbench Senators. Labor Senator Sam Dastiary's attempt to disallow ...

Van Eyk finds buyer for NZ business

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 OCT 2014
A New Zealand-based independent financial advice firm is completing the final steps to acquire van Eyk's New Zealand business. Sources from van Eyk's administrator Moore Stephens confirmed to Financial Standard that advice firm Saturn Portfolio was ...