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NAB planner wins AFA Female Excellence Award

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 27 OCT 2015
NAB's Sharon Walker has won the 2015 AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award. AFA chief executive Brad Fox said with her passion for the advice profession and her belief in the value of quality financial advice, Walker is an outstanding role model for ...

Young advisers flock to the AFA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 17 FEB 2015
Young advisers have responded to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) GenXt initiative and now 30% of the organisation's members are under 40 years of age. "We have made a significant investment, through the GenXt initiative, in helping our members ...

AFA appoints Inspire chair

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 NOV 2014
... Deborah Kent, who is now the association's president. Prominent Financial Services director Christine Swanson will lead AFA Inspire, with a mandate to "empower more women to establish and develop their careers as a financial adviser or as a support role ...

Kate McCallum wins AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 14 OCT 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has awarded the Female Excellence in Advice Award to Multiforte Financial Services adviser Kate McCallum. The award, in partnership with TAL, seeks to focus attention on financial advice as an excellent career ...

AFA and ANZ Wealth search for tenth Rising Star

ALICE URIBE  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUL 2014

AFA upgrades Female Excellence award with business scholarship

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 29 MAY 2014
... doing well but also to act as a catalyst for change in financial services and in the lives of everyday Australians," AFA Inspire chair Deborah Kent said. TAL Life CEO Brett Clark said the Award was important in raising the profile of financial advice ...

Advice industry under-prepared for younger client base

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 MAR 2014
... representing the industry in Australia, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are aware of the problem and have initiatives in place to encourage a broader cross-section of society to join the industry. ...

Jenny Brown named AFA Adviser of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... of the AFA community, mentoring a young adviser in the AFA's mentoring program and is also a dynamic member of the AFA Inspire - Connecting Women in Advice program. Fox also thanked Zurich for their ongoing support of the Award, now in its 11th year. ...

In search of more female advisers

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 14 OCT 2013
... prevent women from recognising opportunities and even from stepping up into leadership positions, Mercier said. The AFA Inspire inaugural chair Deborah Kent said that there is a danger that "women themselves sabotage their role." "Sometimes women thing ...

AFA Inspire initiative launched in Sydney

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
... Hornery said. "We want to connect women in financial services and encourage more women to seek financial advice." The AFA Inspire LinkedIn group has already grown to almost 300 members and Hornery said she was looking forward to connecting with more ...