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Zurich launches iPhone app for life insurance

RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... faster, simpler technology to help clients buy insurance. Zurich is providing demonstrations of the new app to advisers at the AFA National Conference this week. The app, which allows advisers to perform quotes across Zurich's core retail risk product ...

Advisers of tomorrow are 'choice architects'

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 26 OCT 2010
... how to value you," said Andrew Inwood, director of Brand Management, the consumer researcher that did a major study for the AFA into how consumers see advisers. Inwood said consumers are fearful because before 2007 (pre-GFC), investing was about giving ...

AFA pledges support for advice campaign

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is calling on its members and supporters to raise $500,000 by the end of the conference to fund a campaign designed to highlight the benefits of good financial advice. Ron Lambert, a financial adviser and ...

Advisers must fight for the future, not the past: AFA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  MONDAY, 25 OCT 2010
... superannuation is over. Advisers must stop debating over them and switch their focus to influencing their future. Opening the 2010 AFA annual conference in front of a packed auditorium with almost 600 delegates, Troy Edmondson, AFA Queensland Chair and ...

Best financial advice tweet wins iPhone

... rights of saying something profound (or witty) in less than 140 characters. This year, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is set to run its first ever Twitter-friendly conference, where delegates are invited to share their views about the different ...

Planners urged to address ethics

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 OCT 2010
... need to ask themselves why they rank so low on the ethics and honesty scale among Australians who don't seek advice, said the AFA. Jim Taggart, national president of the Association of Financial Advisers, quotes the industry body's Back to Basics research ...

AFA announces Rising Star nominees

ELISE BURGESS  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 OCT 2010
Every year, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) trawls through its membership base to find out the future leaders of the advice industry. This year, six advisers made it to the shortlist. AFA chief executive officer Richard Klipin said the final ...

AFA unveils Adviser of the Year Award finalists

AFA MEDIA RELEASE  |  THURSDAY, 7 OCT 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has named the finalists of the association's 2010 Adviser of the Year Award and has introduced a new category to reflect fierce competition this year for the top prize. AFA chief executive Richard Klipin said ...

APESB extends consultation

ELISE BURGESS  |  THURSDAY, 30 SEP 2010
The Accounting Professional & Ethical Standards Board (APESB) has extended its consultation period on a proposal to ban members who offer financial planning services from charging asset-based fees from July next year. The Accounting Professional & Ethical ...

Industry assoc review goals and growth

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
From ASFA to AIST and SPAA, FPA to the AFA - there are more than 40 associations representing the financial services sector, prompting industry professionals to question the need for multiple associations, and whether mergers should be on the cards. ...