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Insurance reforms get member support

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
AFA members have given their approval to the proposed reforms to the life risk industry, after a motion calling for removal of support of the Life Insurance Framework received little support in a vote. The special resolution fell well short of the votes ...

Adviser reform about recovering social licence

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... unite to rebuild it rather than drive the industry apart, a panel of insurance industry stakeholders said on day two of the AFA's annual conference. Risk adviser Dave Slovinec, group risk specialist Terry Rhodes, BT Financial national life insurance ...

Advisers must know more than client history

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... successful financial advice practice advisers must move beyond technical advice and truly get to know their clients, according to AFA Foundation chair Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur. Speaking at the 2016 AFA National Adviser Conference, Sarah-Le Lacheur celebrated ...

AFA excellence in education award winner revealed

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers and Asteron Life have presented the 2016 AFA Excellence in Education Award this morning. Ascent Wealth Management's Stephen Nielsen was presented the award, while Steve Dobson of Mal Dobson & Associates was awarded ...

Erin Truscott named AFA Rising Star

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
GCA Financial's Erin Truscott has been named this year's AFA Rising Star in a ceremony at the industry association's annual conference in the nation's capital. The AFA Rising Star of the Year Award, which is supported by ANZ Wealth, was launched in ...

Advisers urged to meet challenges together

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Senior figures at the AFA have urged delegates at this year's conference to meet the challenges posed by legislation with the collaborative, can-do attitude that has always defined the association's annual meeting. AFA chief executive Brad Fox, new ...

Howard: Bank scrutiny "strange"

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... four pillars that guided Australia through the Global Financial Crisis. Howard was the first plenary speaker to address the AFA 2016 National Adviser Conference and highlighted the importance of the banks in supporting Australia's economy. "Banks like ...

How a niche can add value

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... complex world of financial advice, trying to be a jack-of-all-trades could be hurting your business. That's according to 2015 AFA Adviser of the Year David Reed, who told delegates at this year's annual conference that he had gone from strength-to-strength ...

Adviser commission reforms pushed back

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 OCT 2016
... models to oblige by the new regime from the same start date as other advisers. "It has taken consistent, clear advocacy by the AFA on behalf of self-employed financial advisers to ensure that direct sellers of life insurance measure up to the standards ...

AFA Rising Star finalists announced

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and ANZ Wealth have announced the finalists for the 2016 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award ahead of the upcoming AFA National Conference in Canberra. Launched 11 years ago, the AFA Rising Star of the Year ...