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Consumer at centre of this year's AFA Conference

STAFF REPORTER  |  FRIDAY, 20 SEP 2013
Following widespread industry reforms aimed at putting the needs of the client first, this year's AFA Conference will focus on the "Age of the Consumer". Twitter co-creator Dom Sagolla, customer service guru, New York Times best-selling author Ron Kaufman ...

AFA names Rising Star finalists

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has revealed the names of the six finalists in the 2013 Rising Star of the Year Award, which recognizes the best new advisers. The six finalists are Kylie George from Harvest Wealth (Financial Wisdom), Ravi ...

AFA Adviser of the Year Finalists revealed

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 SEP 2013
The six finalists for the 11th annual Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Adviser of the Year Award have been announced ahead of the October AFA conference. The Awards recognises leadership, advocacy and innovation in the financial services industry ...

Industry backs Cormann as Superannuation Minister

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 SEP 2013
... Minister," the Financial Planning Association (FPA) chief executive Mark Rantall said. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said that it supports the changes to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) legislation announced by Cormann and the Coalition ...

Bowen and Cormann at odds over adviser enshrinement

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... wins on September 7 it will start talks with the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and other to "explore with them how best to move forward." Both Bowen and Cormann spoke during the ongoing Financial Planning ...

Twitter co-creator to speak at AFA Conference

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 27 AUG 2013
... Twitter co-creator Dom Sagolla will be speaking about how the social network started at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Conference in October. Sagolla who has left Twitter, now heads a successful phone applications company. "Dom has the comeback ...

Less than 1% of AusSuper members seek advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 15 AUG 2013
... moment only a tiny proportion of members are seeing the benefits of this. In a speech to the Association of Financial Advisors (AFA), Industry Super Network (ISN) chief executive David Whitely said AustralianSuper expects to issue 20,000 pieces of advice ...

Accountants expected to flood advice space

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 12 AUG 2013

Rate cut impacts SMSFs, retirees

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 AUG 2013
... fall. "Advisers will have to seek other sources of income for this type of clients," the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief operating officer Phil Anderson told Financial Standard. "The measure will also have an impact on Centrelink and other ...

Pro bono advice on rise amid regulatory change

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 2 AUG 2013
... has been some interest recently to take a coordinated approach to pro bono advice," the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Brad Fox noted after two weeks of talking to advisers in roadshows across Australia. But even without coordination ...