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AFA: new lost super reforms a cash cow

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 1 NOV 2012
... leaders panel at the AFA Conference last week, chair Leigh Sales of the ABC asked Brad Fox, national president of the Association of Financial Advisers what he thought of the government's newly released lost super reforms. Fox replied that "we have had ...

Olivia Maragna wins AFA 2012 Adviser of the Year Award

MARK STORY, MARK SMITH, LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 OCT 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) ended this year's conference on a high note, acknowledging the work of leading financial advisers at last night's AFA 2012 Adviser of the Year Award ceremony. This year's award winner is Olivia Maragna, co-founder ...

Bank dividends under threat

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... same period. However, Selth, former head of international equities at BT Funds Management, warned delegates at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Conference, that dividends could fall foul of headwinds. "Banks can't be ignored because ...

Dean Lombardo wins AFA Excellence in Education Award

MARK STORY  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
Dean Lombardo from Access Financial Management is the 2012 winner of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)'s Excellence in Education Award. Now in its fifth year, the award, recognises the best and brightest financial advice professionals entering ...

Financial services outstrip mining: CommSec

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... economy than mining and natural resources, according to CommSec's Craig James. Sensing that delegates at the annual Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Conference had enjoyed the jungle-themed welcome party the previous night a little too ...

Market Wrap

AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 OCT 2012
... to deliver a speech to the Commonwealth Bank's Australasian Fixed Income Conference in Sydney. The Housing Industry Association will release new home sales data for September. In company news, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Crown, Flight Centre, nib ...

Financial advisers raise bar in quest to succeed

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 29 OCT 2012
... research that draws from 10 years' worth of data on how leading advice practices in the country operate. Yesterday the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) released a white paper, with support from Zurich Financial Services and conducted by the Beddoes ...

ASIC consults on code approval under FOFA

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... systems and compliance requirements are in place for the new regime." Proposed revisions to the Financial Planning Association's (FPA) Code of Professional Practice was also announced yesterday. FPA said it intends to evolve the professional standards ...

BNP Paribas appoints relationship management head

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
... industry: being a member of the Conference of Major Super Funds (CMSF) program committee and acting as a judge for the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) Communications Awards.

Tax-efficient giving advice missing: Macquarie

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 OCT 2012
Advisers who don't evolve their businesses to cater for growing client interest in philanthropy risk being left behind. That's the conclusion of Queensland University of Technology research which reveals a growing demand among high net-worth clients ...