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Industry hits out at Best Interest

CLAIRE MCGREAL  |  FRIDAY, 25 NOV 2011
... advisers will be exposed to significant risk and the cost of advice will go up." Meanwhile, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is also hitting out at the second tranche of the reforms, including Best Interest. "While the principle is sound ...

Advisers distracted by industry funds: RiskStore

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2011
... Financial Planning Association's media advertising campaign is already in full flight and the Association of Financial Advisers has a campaign set to follow in coming months. Both campaigns join campaigns already underway from Westpac, Colonial First ...

MacMillan wins AFA Adviser of the Year

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
West Australian financial planner, Troy MacMillan, has taken out the top gong at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) annual conference and been named Adviser of the Year for 2011. The award, sponsored by Zurich Financial Services Australia ...

Industry funds not our focus: Cormann

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 OCT 2011
... treasurer, Mathias Cormann, received a warm reception when he addressed delegates yesterday at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) conference to reiterate his opposition against parts of the Future of Financial Advice (FOFA) reforms. Senator ...

CHOICE, ISN hit back at associations aspersions

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 OCT 2011
... disclosure provision and should instead move on as the rest of the industry already has. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said the Future of Financial Advice parliamentary Bill (FOFA Bill) disclosure provision would kill off small business ...

FOFA reaches parliament with undisclosed feature

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 14 OCT 2011
... disclosure statement, which will require fee disclosure statements for all existing clients. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has expressed concern for small advice businesses, citing Rice Warner Research in the Explanatory Memorandum (EM) ...

Uncertainty and consolidation just the beginning: AFA

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 12 SEP 2011
... beginning of the impact of the FOFA reforms as planning groups compete for market share, said the Association of Financial Advisers. The association has expressed concern for independent advisers with doubts about the growth strategy of Bill Shorten ...

FOFA: Government extends soft-dollar benefit ban to non-super risk insurance

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... it explicitly relates to a general insurance product. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, said his organisation believes the $300 limit is reasonable and they were happy to see the extension of the soft-dollar ban. ...

FOFA divides on commission

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 29 AUG 2011
... the issues that were holding the industry back," said Tucker. Richard Klipin, chief executive, Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), told Financial Standard the Government should have gone further in not banning commissions where advice is involved. ...

AFA female adviser award grabs industry attention

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 25 AUG 2011
... rounded out at 105 at the close of entries, a great result for the awards inaugural year. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) launched the award to encourage women to take on leadership roles in financial advice, balance the gender equation across ...