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AFA promotes Make A Plan

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 10 FEB 2011
... Sydney yesterday. Speaking at the event, chief executive Richard Klipin spoke of the year ahead for advisers and what the AFA will do to support its members. Klipin said that the AFA will do more to promote the work of its female members, operating in ...

Intra-fund opens new doors for advisers

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) chief executive Richard Klipin said that while many of AFA's members are rightly concerned about the unintended consequences of the 'intra-fund advice' model, there are some upsides. Intra-funds are traditionally ...

Three in five advisers opt out of opt-in: research

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 28 JAN 2011
... not to their clients' portfolios and impose more compliance burden on their business. The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), in partnership with NAB Financial Planner Banking, commissioned researcher Core Data-brandmanagement last September to ...

AFA launch QLD flood appeal

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 19 JAN 2011
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has launched its own Queensland flood appeal through its charitable arm, the AFA Foundation. AFA Foundation chair Brian Boggs said the foundation extends its support to the victims of the floods currently ...

Busy year ahead for industry groups

ELISE BURGESS  |  MONDAY, 17 JAN 2011
... aspects of superannuation, not just SMSFs. Meanwhile Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said that while following through with policy reforms is important, it's time for the industry to stop being introspective ...

Advisers must unite against AusFin

MEDIA RELEASE  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 DEC 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling on the profession to stand strong and united following the launch on 2 December of a powerful new group calling itself the Australian Financial Integrity Network (AusFin). AusFin counts amongst ...

AWM advisers join AFA

MEDIA RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 19 NOV 2010
... Wealth Management Financial Services and SMF Wealth Management, representing 314 authorised representatives, have joined the AFA. Head of Wealth Management Division, Michael Carter, said it was the AFA's ongoing commitment to advisers that convinced ...

SOA too much, too confusing

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
... compliance protection. Clare Wivell Plater, director of Gold Seal a legal specialist in financial services, told the 2010 AFA national conference that SOAs are meant to explain to clients why an adviser has made certain recommendations. Yet too many ...

Fox elected AFA president

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  WEDNESDAY, 27 OCT 2010
Brad Fox is the AFA's newly-elected national president, taking over a two-year term alongside new vice president Adam Smith. Fox, previously on the AFA board as the representative of the GenXt (AFA's sub-group of members made up of the younger advisers) ...

AFA promotes female advisers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is addressing gender diversity in financial planning by launching an award dedicated to outstanding female financial advisers. The first AFA Female Adviser of the Year will be awarded at the 2011 conference ...