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AFA names finalists for the Adviser of the Year Award

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has named the six finalists of the association's prestigious 2012 AFA Adviser of the Year Award. In a year that sees the award celebrate its 10th anniversary, female advisers are more strongly represented ...

AFA names Female Excellence in Advice finalists

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  FRIDAY, 12 OCT 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), in conjunction with TAL Life, has named the six finalist of this year's 2012 Female Excellence in Advice Award. The Award is about encouraging more women to consider financial advice as a career, to champion ...

AFA names Rising Star finalists

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 OCT 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers has named the five finalists in the 2012 Rising Star of the Year Award. The Award is particularly about finding, showcasing and celebrating talent in advisers who are at the start of their careers and who have made ...

AFA announces finalists

STAFF REPORTER  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced six finalists in its 2012 Adviser of the Year awards. This year Victoria boasts the lion's share of finalists with Jenny Brown of JBS Financial Strategists, Dennis Jones of Beacon Wealth and ...

Unprecedented nominations for AFA Advisers awards

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  THURSDAY, 9 AUG 2012
Entries in the Association of Financial Advisers Female Excellence in Advice Award 2012 have now closed, with the number of nominations (130) up over a fifth (23%) on last year. AFA and its award sponsor, Tal said the calibre of nominees this year is ...

Talkin' bout my generation

LINDA HAUSKEN  |  TUESDAY, 7 AUG 2012
... profession" at a recent Financial Services Council conference. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said, Baby Boomer advisers are great with clients because they have the right people skills, but don't necessarily ...

FSC launches life commission claw-back

BEN COLLINS  |  FRIDAY, 3 AUG 2012
... with our life insurance and financial advice network members." Despite the consultation the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Planning Association (FPA), "have not given their full support at this stage," Brogden said. "The critical ...

"Bad apples" slipping through the cracks: ASIC

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 26 JUL 2012
... through the cracks because of poor reference checking when advisers swap between groups. At the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) national road show in Sydney yesterday, Nick Coates, senior manager at the Australian Securities & Investments Commission ...

AFA releases draft code of conduct

BEN COLLINS  |  THURSDAY, 19 JUL 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers has released a member consultation paper outlining their draft professional adviser code of conduct. The draft was released with a view to it being finalised before the Australian Securities & Investments Commission ...

Fix churn with watch list: AFA

MELANIE TIMBRELL  |  MONDAY, 16 JUL 2012
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said churn should be handled by insurers sharing information to create an industry watch list that would identify advisers participating in the practice. The AFA proposal is in response to recent Financial ...