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Association names new chief

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 JUL 2019
... committee and ASIC's Business Advisory Committee. "Judith is smart and articulate and ideally placed to lead the Association into the future," Green said. "This became evident during our campaign against the Federal Opposition's proposed changes ...

Linda Elkins to depart Colonial First State

KANIKA SOOD  |  MONDAY, 8 JUL 2019
... Russell Investments where she was the managing director, superannuation. She is a director and former chair of the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and has served on numerous Financial Services Council committees. She appeared ...

FASEA approves association designations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
Financial advisers who have completed a designation with the Association of Financial Advisers or the SMSF Association will have their efforts recognised by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics ...

MetLife, AFA call for more diversity in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
MetLife and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) launched the MetLife Progress: Professional Development Grant for Women. MetLife Progress is aimed at creating greater gender diversity in the financial advice industry by helping women achieve ...

Associations raise member outcomes concern

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... that industry and consumer groups have the opportunity to consider the member outcomes assessment holistically. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it is "broadly comfortable" with the SPS 515 revisions, but raised concerns ...

Advice associations meet new minister

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... superannuation and financial services lead for the first time. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association of Financial Advisers together met with newly appointed Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial ...

FPA, AFA partner on life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... ASIC's review of the life insurance framework slated for 2021. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association of Financial Advisers will appoint two senior representatives and two adviser members each to the eight-person taskforce ...

Final farewell for industry association

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 7 JUN 2019
... attended its final meeting - a special general meeting - in Canberra earlier this week where the decision to wind up the association was formalised. Liquidator RSM Australia Partners has been engaged to assist in the process. SCOA was first established ...

PYSP puts SMSFs at risk

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... to check the status of any super fund memberships they may hold as a means to accessing group life insurance. The association said it was concerned for SMSF members who deliberately hold membership with an APRA-regulated fund in order to obtain life ...

Advisers not prepared for exam: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
Association of Financial Advisers general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson has labelled the 600 advisers sitting the first exam as "brave", fearing they are underprepared. Anderson believes the advisers taking the exam in the first ...