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Adviser obligations need to be institutionalised: AFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 FEB 2012
... head of the AFA. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) GenXt Roadshow in Sydney this morning, Richard Klipin said the industry needed to be clear about what was needed to raise the standards of the profession. The AFA is due to release ...

FOFA moderate and reasonable: ISN

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 24 JAN 2012
... industry thousands of jobs. Reports today point to comments from Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief Richard Klipin, who warned that as many as 35,000 jobs were on the line in the coming years once the changes trickled down to back office staff. ...

PJC hears FOFA lost in translation

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 23 JAN 2012
... Parliament House in Sydney. Drawing a comparison with recent price wars between the major supermarket players, Richard Klipin, chief executive officer for the Association of Financial Advisers called for a "level playing field," saying that the opt-in ...

Industry welcomes Shorten's promotion

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  TUESDAY, 13 DEC 2011
... which is appropriate, given how important the issue is to the financial future of all Australians," said AFA boss Richard Klipin. The Self-Managed Super Fund Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA) also welcomed Shorten's re-appointment to the ...

MacMillan wins AFA Adviser of the Year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... was announced last night at the closing Gala Awards Dinner in front around 650 delegates. AFA chief executive, Richard Klipin, said MacMillan was chosen due to his superior client service, strong community involvement and streamlined systems and processes. ...

CHOICE, ISN hit back at associations aspersions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... to another sector and then dress it up as acting in the best interests of consumers," said AFA chief executive Richard Klipin. "The FOFA Bill is part of a cleverly contrived plan to concentrate the control of Australian's superannuation money in the ...

FOFA reaches parliament with undisclosed feature

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... to another sector and then dress it up as acting in the best interests of consumers," said AFA chief executive Richard Klipin. "The AFA regards this legislation as a significant threat to small business advisers and the millions of clients they serve." ...

Uncertainty and consolidation just the beginning: AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... that less competition in the industry and greater consolidation spells fewer choices for Australian consumers," Richard Klipin, chief executive, Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). "And while we congratulate Count, we believe the sale of the largest ...

FOFA: Government extends soft-dollar benefit ban to non-super risk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... advisers will not be able to take a soft-dollar benefit unless it explicitly relates to a general insurance product. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, said his organisation believes the $300 limit is reasonable ...

FOFA divides on commission

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... future growth of this industry, we had to face into the issues that were holding the industry back," said Tucker. Richard Klipin, chief executive, Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), told Financial Standard the Government should have gone further ...