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Industry giants ramp up adviser ethics training

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 28 JUL 2015
... Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA), the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC), Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association (FPA), SMSF Association, Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Australian Bankers' ...

Singapore looks to Australia on risk reforms

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 23 JUL 2015
... consumers." Similar to the Life Insurance Framework agreed upon by the Financial Services Council, Association of Financial Advisers and Financial Planning Association of Australia, the reforms target remuneration structures in insurance advice and the ...

Insurance advisers focusing on client segmentation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... Connected Convenience, another recent Beddoes white paper - co-produced with Zurich and the Association of Financial Advisers - addresses this issue from a communications standpoint. It concluded that there are generational differences in the way clients ...

AFA tweaking life insurance framework

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers is refining aspects of the Life Insurance Framework developed jointly with the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and Financial Services Council (FSC). The three industry associations reached consensus ...

Findex life insurance goes commission-free

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... recommend commission-free life insurance policies. As per the recommendations provided by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Financial Services Council (FSC) in June, life insurers are now developing ...

IFAs to benefit from ASIC SME focus

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... dedicated smartphone app for small business." As reported in Financial Standard on July 15, Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox suggested that ASIC could further expand its role in financial advice by providing a mobile version ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... has recommended banning LRBAs, a move which was drawn criticism from industry quarters. The Association of Financial Advisers dubbed a potential ban "draconian" at the SMSF Association Annual Conference back in February. At the same conference, AMP SMSF ...

Adviser Ratings provides planner endorsements

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... initiative is The Really Simple Guide to Financial Advice, produced in collaboration with the Association of Financial Advisers. This and other education material will be provided online via Adviser Ratings' Consumer Literacy Centre.

Advisers should beware industry "frenemies"

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2015
... digital communications channels before they lose business to other industries, according to Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Brad Fox. Speaking in Sydney at the launch of the AFA/Zurich/Beddoes Institute white paper, Connected Convenience ...

AFA awards deadline looms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has called for submissions for its Adviser and Practice of the Year awards before the July 17 deadline. The Adviser of the Year award is based on adviser performance, practice business performance, professionalism ...