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Gender diversity in advice dormant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 9 NOV 2018
... Victoria sits at 20% and Western Australia at 19%. Looking at association affiliations, about 25% of CPA Australia's membership is female while 22% of female advisers identify as members of the Financial Planning Association of Australia, Association ...

More than half of advisers without association membership

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 8 NOV 2018
... Association of Australia and Association of Independently Owned Financial Planners each have less than 500 advisers claiming membership. Excluding the IPA, these smaller bodies are in reality niche associations heavily reliant on a primary AFSL contributing ...

Industry fund chief exits

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 5 NOV 2018
... Principles of Responsible Investment and Investor Statement on Climate Change. Under his leadership, the fund's membership grew to 75,000 members and funds under management went from about $900 million to now $9.4 billion. Catholic Super and the ...

FPA and AFA aim to administer adviser standards

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 2 NOV 2018
... AFA's Kewin confirmed all financial advisers will need to belong to a code monitoring body by 1 January 2020. "Membership of a code monitoring body is a legislative requirement and membership of such a body will not replace membership of a professional ...

ASIC and Austplan agree to mutual breakup

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
... maintain its current Professional Indemnity insurance policy until the AFSL cancellation takes effect; and maintain its membership of Australian Financial Complaints Authority (AFCA) until all consumer complaints have been resolved. It will also have ...

Idle technology leaves super fund members behind

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 26 OCT 2018
As superannuation funds grapple with digital advancement, their young membership base become further disconnected from the wealth and super system, according to a Zuper co-founder. Chief product officer and co-founder Jon Holloway told yesterday's ...

AFA Foundation celebrates record year

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... money," she said. Most of the charity partners selected by the AFA Foundation are nominated by the association's membership, Lacheur said. Recipient charities for the 2018 financial year included the Make A Wish Foundation, Ovarian Cancer Research ...

Financial planning needs more women: FPA

HARRISON WORLEY  |  MONDAY, 24 SEP 2018
... female planners. In a release, the association said the proportion of women in financial planning was 20%, with female membership within the FPA only registering 26%. FPA chief executive Dante De Gori said research shows consumer demand for female financial ...

AFCA membership deadline arrives

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 SEP 2018
Financial services firms have until close of business today to register for membership of the Australian Financial Complaints Authority. ASIC has issued a warning to all Australian financial services licensees, superannuation trustees and authorised ...

Chartered accountants largely FASEA compliant

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 20 SEP 2018
... many will reconsider their future in the industry and will likely exit," Speed said. In order to gain and maintain CA membership, accountants must complete a TEQSA-approved AQF8 post-graduate qualification and 120 hours of continuous professional development ...