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AFA, FPA to explore merger

CASSANDRA BALDINI, JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  THURSDAY, 1 SEP 2022
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to consider a merger. The aim, they say, is to create a united voice for the financial advice sector. The associations ...

Nominations open for 2022 AFA awards

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 12 JUL 2022
... Financial Advisers has opened nominations for its 2022 awards. Looking to unearth the best across the financial advice spectrum, AFA and its partners are searching for the AFA Adviser of the Year, sponsored by Zurich, and AFA Female Excellence in Advice ...

AFA hits back at QAR submissions from Choice, ISA

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 11 JUL 2022
... from Choice and Industry Super Australia, saying their recommendations are harmful to the sector. Starting with Choice, the AFA said the consumer body's submission criticises financial advisers and is full of unfair judgments and generalisations. "They ...

AMP wants life insurance caps raised, fees lowered

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  MONDAY, 27 JUN 2022
... network, professional associations such as the Financial Planning Association (FPA), the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), the Financial Services Council (FSC) and other licensees to find common ground and create a united voice."

Clear up uncertainty: AFA, FPA

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUN 2022
Both the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) have used their submissions to the Quality of Advice Review to call for regulatory certainty. Releasing their submissions yesterday, both industry ...

GQG Partners expands Australian team

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAY 2022
... distribution in Queensland and Victoria. Killen is also currently the Victorian state chair of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). On the new appointments, GQG Partners director of wholesale markets Daniel Bullock said Jenkins' diverse industry ...

TAL wins life company award for 2021

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 17 MAR 2022
... and are amongst those included in the awards. The general improvement in the life insurance market augurs well for 2022." AFA president Sam Perera congratulated the winners and finalists that continue to support and innovate within the life insurance ...

FPA is the preferred association: Research

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 MAR 2022
... Synchronised Business Services (167), Morgans Financial (123) and Alliance Wealth (99) have many advisers who are members of the AFA. The SMSF Adviser Network and RI Advice (32 respectively) are the biggest networks for the SMSFA, while the AIOFP has ...

Man Group hires from PIMCO

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 MAR 2022
Man Group has appointed Rohit Shroff as its new director of sales Australia. Shroff joins from PIMCO, where he spent 10 years and worked in both the UK and Australia, focusing on fixed income, hedge fund, private credit and other alternative investments. ...

LifeBid bolsters team

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  MONDAY, 21 FEB 2022
... Hayes, who is co-founder of Hayes & Co Insurance Services and NSW and ACT director for the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), has joined the board. She joins Zurich chief distribution officer Kieran Forde, TAL executive general manager for individual ...