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Remove adviser double tax: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... through a dealer group risk being taxed twice under the current state payroll tax, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) told delegates at its annual conference in Cairns. The AFA will lobby for an exemption for financial advisers to be included ...

AFA presents renewed strategy and Narrative

LAURA MILLAN  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
AFA chief executive Brad Fox set the scene for this year's Conference in Cairns unveiling the 'AFA Narrative', a redesigned strategy built around the concepts of market health, advice culture, regulation, public perceptions and advice factors. "We've ...

AFA names 10th Rising Star Award winner

ALICE URIBE  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
Benjamin Budge of My Wealth Solutions has been named the 2014 AFA Rising Star of the Year at the AFA National Adviser Conference in Cairns. The award, now in its 10th year, was presented by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and ANZ Wealth ...

Enter AFA's best tweet competition

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is putting social front and centre at the AFA 2014 National Adviser Conference with a competition for "best" tweeters. Conference delegates have the chance to win "best tweet of the day" and "best tweet of ...

One third of risk advisers non-compliant, ASIC says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... life insurance that they could not afford. The Financial Services Council (FSC) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) have responded to the report by jointly convening a working group to specifically address retail life insurance product structures ...

Adviser trust improves client outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... partner advisory networks as well as those advisers who have, over the past three years, been finalists and winners of the AFA Adviser of the Year Award," Beddoes Institute director Dr Adam Tucker said. From the list of practices that achieved a high ...

Innovation to drive 2014 AFA Conference

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The upcoming Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Conference is looking into the industry's post-FoFA future and focusing this year's event on the theme of innovation. With the regulatory environment all but finalised, the tagline for the ...

FSC advice regulation plan leaves AMP cold

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... said that the FSC has not consulted with industry superannuation organisations, that the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has been "no-responsive so far" and that "there has been no ASIC involvement in the creation of the plan." In a submission ...

FPA rejects FSC adviser regulation plans

ALICE URIBE, LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 24 SEP 2014
... in "urgent need of a circuit breaker" and that the FSC would be "happy to fund it." The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) COO Phil Anderson agreed with the FSC saying that self-regulation was not enough in the current environment, however he asked ...

SMSF borrowers should be forced to seek advice: AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 18 SEP 2014
... a limited recourse borrowing arrangement should be forced to seek financial advice, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said. In its submission to the Financial System Inquiry (FSI), the organisation said it was supportive of the trustees' ability ...