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Advisers: Keep your clients off A Current Affair

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
Sunsuper chief economist Brian Parker told delegates at the AFA National Adviser Conference their role is to ensure their clients don't end up a case study for A Current Affair. Ending his presentation on the state of the global economy this week, Parker ...

Reforms impact adviser mental health

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... who are struggling to cope with the immense change occurring in the industry. Speaking at the AFA National Adviser Conference, Mindstar chief executive Aaron Williams said an increasing number of financial advisers are reaching out to him as they struggle ...

Advice is valuable but advocacy issues abound

HARRISON WORLEY  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2018
... Financial Advisers' latest white paper, Great Advice for More Australians, released yesterday at the AFA National Adviser Conference. Produced by CoreData, the white paper demonstrates the positive differences financial advice makes in the lives of advised ...

Royal Commission an opportunity: Anderson

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 11 OCT 2018
... risk management. Speaking as part of a panel session at the Association of Financial Advisers' National Adviser Conference, AFA general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson said it would be a big mistake if the advice industry were to ...

Advice is a sea of sameness

HARRISON WORLEY, MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
Addressing the AFA National Adviser Conference, chief executive and founder of Don Connelly & Associates, Don Connelly said financial advisers should look to differentiate themselves in a "sea of sameness." Connelly compared picking an adviser to selections ...

Advice is the business to be in: Salt

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
Demographics Group managing director Bernard Salt told delegates at the 2018 AFA National Adviser Conference that financial advice is the business to be in after Australia's sustained period of economic growth. Salt took the conference audience through ...

AFA Foundation celebrates record year

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... Nathan Taggart, Ross Barnwell, Cara Williams, David Mounsey and Michael Molloy. This year's AFA National Adviser Conference will raise funds for Legacy, Black Dog Institute, Make A Wish and MS Research Australia. The Queensland charity partner is ...

AFA names 2018 Rising Star

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... people don't suffer from financial stress," she said. "This award helps me to imagine that we can live in that world." AFA chief executive Phil Kewin said Pritchard has already laid a solid foundation for future success thanks to her combination ...

Perception is everything: Kewin

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... Association of Financial Advisers chief executive Phil Kewin's opening address at the 2018 AFA National Adviser Conference on the Gold Coast. Acknowledging the industry has room to improve, Kewin said the key concern of advisers should be shifting ...

Random questions forge deep connections

HARRISON WORLEY  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 OCT 2018
... Bennett said. "You can really build deep connections with your clients, just by asking these kind of questions." AFA national vice president Michael Nowak said the conference is a useful way for first timers and new advisers to build their professional ...