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AFA Inspire initiative launched in Sydney

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) formally launched its Inspire initiative to provide a network and professional community for women in the financial advice industry at an event in Sydney last night. The initiative is aimed not only at financial ...

Industry "disappointed" at PJC recommendation

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 18 JUN 2013
... listening," Rantall said. "But it looks like the legislation will pass unamended," he added. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief operation officer Phil Anderson said also said that the organisation is disappointed that the report does not ...

Dissenting Coalition TASA report could impact independents

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2013
... submissions and working on a report that will be tabled in the Parliament next Monday. But the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief operation officer Phil Anderson told Financial Standard that "it is quite probable that there is a dissenting ...

Industry bodies ask PJC for TASA extension

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 JUN 2013
... an amendment of the bill allowing 12 further months to comply with the legislation. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief operation officer Phil Anderson also spoke during the hearing and asked that the starting date for the legislation to ...

Government extends TASA exemption

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2013
... Planning Association (FPA) general manager of Policy and Standards Dante De Gori said. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) also welcomed the decision. "The AFA accepts that financial advisers will come under the TASA regime, however it needs ...

AFA moves into broadcast to promote advice vision

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is in the initial stages of a new broasdcast strategy to raise awareness about the importance of receiving financial advice. The AFA chief executive Brad Fox told Financial Standard that the organisation is ...

Employers divided on internal social media effectiveness

ALICE URIBE  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 JUN 2013
While more than 50% of employers are using social media to communicate and build community with their employees, there is little consensus as to which tools are most effective. According to a flash survey by global professional services company Towers ...

Greens hold the key to TASA in Senate

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 4 JUN 2013
... bill to be approved at today's sitting in the House of Representatives. The FPA and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) spent the last 24 hours lobbying members of the Parliament from all parties for the bill to be delayed another six or twelve ...

FPA, AFA to lobby MPs for TASA delay

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 3 JUN 2013
... are lobbying hard on this issue and we are asking our members to start lobbying the independents in their constituencies," AFA chief executive Brad Fox told Financial Standard. "The vast majority of the financial advice market is not ready to come into ...

TASA now likely to include advisers by July 2013

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... received 33 submissions, including those of the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the SMSF Professionals' Association of Australia (SPAA). The FPA was concerned about the short period of time that advisers ...