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Life insurance reforms to be re-introduced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 26 SEP 2016
... debate across the industry, with the Life Insurance Customer Group (LICG) attacking both the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Services Council (FSC) over their efforts in negotiating with Government. In responding to the LICG ...

Life Insurer Code of Practice falls short: AFA

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has called for 'substantial improvements' to be made to the draft Life Insurer Code of Practice and is willing to see implementation delayed to ensure improvements are made. The call to the Financial Services ...

Super inefficiencies coming to the fore

DARREN SNYDER  |  TUESDAY, 20 SEP 2016
... else, somebody who has her/his own individual retirement account, is particularly odd." Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox said differences in how claims are managed amongst group insurance policies is inefficient. "A lack ...

Brown to leave after AFA board re-election

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 16 SEP 2016
JBS Financial chief executive and former AFA Adviser of the Year Jenny Brown will no longer serve on the AFA board of directors after another high-profile industry figure was elected as vice-president. Former AFA president Michael Nowak will take over ...

AFA Adviser of the Year finalists announced

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 SEP 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers and Zurich have announced the finalists for AFA Adviser and Practice of the Year, and the Female Excellence in Advice Award. The potential advisers of the year are Darren Johns from Align Financial, Jason Peterson ...

A former PM, a Harvard professor and an adventurer to headline AFA conference

KERRIE SYDEE  |  FRIDAY, 9 SEP 2016
... PortfolioConstruction Forum & Stephen Halmarick, chief economist at CFS Global Asset Management and the focus session with AFA Adviser of the Year, David Reed. The AFA 2016 National Adviser Conference will be held in Canberra from Wednesday 5 October ...

LICG successful in triggering AFA EGM

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 31 AUG 2016
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has confirmed it has received the minimum number of member submissions required under the Corporations Act to propose an amendment to its constitution via an extraordinary general meeting (EGM). Spearheaded ...

Sunsuper continues push into adviser market

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 26 AUG 2016
... adviser and has previously held roles with Citibank and Entrust Solutions and served as the Queensland state chair of the AFA's Genxt initiative. Sunsuper's retail distribution and advice national manager Anne Fuchs said the appointments demonstrate ...

LICG will fight on after failing to trigger AFA constitution talks

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2016
... Insurance Customer Group (LICG) has failed to trigger an extraordinary general meeting of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) to explore a change to the body's constitution after nearly half of the submissions it sent requesting one were found ...

Sentry Group slams LICG's "opportunistic attack"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 AUG 2016
... advice." However, Hills suggested the LICG's call for an extraordinary general meeting to pass a special resolution to change the AFA constitution was an "opportunistic attack" and that he "took a very dim view when the LICG and one of its founders publicly ...