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AFA names 10th Rising Star Award winner

ALICE URIBE  |  SUNDAY, 12 OCT 2014
... National Adviser Conference in Cairns. The award, now in its 10th year, was presented by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and ANZ Wealth and recognises the best new advisers who provide quality financial advice, demonstrate a commitment to ...

Upfront commissions linked to bad advice

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
Advisers remunerated solely through upfront commissions appear to be statistically more likely to provide non-compliant advice, according to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). While 80% of the risk advice examined in the study ...

Enter AFA's best tweet competition

ALICE URIBE  |  FRIDAY, 10 OCT 2014
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is putting social front and centre at the AFA 2014 National Adviser Conference with a competition for "best" tweeters. Conference delegates have the chance to win "best tweet of the day" and "best tweet of ...

One third of risk advisers non-compliant, ASIC says

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
Financial advisers specialising in life insurance must lift the quality of advice and ensure that the interests of their clients are given priority, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has said. ASIC reviewed more than 200 advice ...

ClearView launches new super product

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... approach," adding: "These strategies provide clients with transparency over where their money is invested and offers advisers administrative efficiencies with active management, regular rebalancing and ongoing monitoring built in." ClearView managing ...

Two-fifths forced into retirement before financially ready

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 9 OCT 2014
... will probably require a hybrid of the traditional investment and guarantee based approach," Anderson said. Financial advisers remain the strongest influencers in financial decision making with around 40% of both retirees and pre-retirees ranking them ...

Former GESB head of investments joins JANA

JAMES FERNYHOUGH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 OCT 2014
National Australia Bank-owned asset consultant JANA Investment Advisers has appointed Bill Dwyer as a senior consultant. Between 2009 and 2014 Dwyer was head of investments at the $18 billion Government Employees Super Board (GESB) in Western Australia. ...

Adviser trust improves client outcomes

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
Financial advisers imbued with the most trust by their clients are better qualified and more experienced than their counterparts, according to research by the Beddoes Institute. The data and benchmarking company analysed thousands of client ratings ...

Paradigm acquires Melbourne-based practice

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 7 OCT 2014
... acquisition, which was completed recently following an eight-month due diligence process, also adds three experienced financial advisers to Paradigm's business. The deal is expected to boost profitability by mid-2015 after delivering scale benefits and ...

Innovation to drive 2014 AFA Conference

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
The upcoming Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Conference is looking into the industry's post-FoFA future and focusing this year's event on the theme of innovation. With the regulatory environment all but finalised, the tagline for the ...