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FPA and AFA merger unlikely: De Gori

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2016
A merger between the FPA and the AFA certainly has its merits, but could incur greater division within the financial advice landscape. Speaking to Financial Standard at the 2016 FPA Professionals Congress, FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said he often ...

Professional Standards legislation hits parliament

KERRIE SYDEE  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2016
... process. The body will be funded, both initially and on an ongoing basis, by the industry. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has welcomed the bill as the next step towards recognising financial advice as a profession and providing advisers ...

Former AFA chief executive takes top job at FSC NZ

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2016
A former chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has been appointed as chief executive of the Financial Services Council of New Zealand. Richard Klipin will take on the top job as of November, having left the role of chief distribution ...

Gender inequality still the elephant in the room

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 21 OCT 2016
... adviser at Integra Financial Services and previous president and current treasurer at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Deborah Kent agrees change is occurring in the financial advice industry but notes more needs to be done to keep the momentum ...

Dunsford explains backpedal at EGM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
Mark Dunsford has explained his decision to withdraw the motion to change the Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) Constitution at the recent extraordinary general meeting (EGM). The director of Dunsford Financial Planning and leader of the Life ...

The best marketing is no marketing for advisers

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 11 OCT 2016
... Scott Charlton, a business coach who specialises in helping accountants and financial planners. Addressing delegates at the AFA National Adviser Conference in Canberra, Charlton said the first step was to draft a referral letter which uses heartfelt ...

LIF to be introduced this week

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... Minister for Revenue and Financial Services Kelly O'Dwyer has confirmed. Responding to questions from industry journalists at the AFA National Adviser Conference in Canberra the Federal Member for Higgins said the bill, which will eventually bring down ...

AFA recognises outstanding advisers

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Darren Johns from Align Financial has won this year's AFA Adviser of the Year Award and Henderson Maxwell is the AFA Practice of the Year. Now in its fourteenth year, the AFA Adviser of the Year Award is a joint initiative between the AFA and Zurich ...

AFA award shines spotlight on women in financial advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
Peita Diamantidis of Caboodle Financial Services has received this year's AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award for championing the benefits of financial advice for women in the profession and in the broader community. Diamantidis accepted her award ...

Top tips to kill your advice business

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... without nourishment, according to Kearney Group chief executive Paul Kearney. Speaking as part of a focus session at the 2016 AFA National Advisers Conference, Kearney took delegates through his top tips to murder their financial planning businesses. ...