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Responsible investments outperform mainstream

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
The latest Benchmark Report by the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia (RIAA) shows responsible investment funds outperform most mainstream funds. Using KPMG data, the report shows responsible funds on average deliver higher returns across ...

KPMG names life insurance lead

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 JUL 2019
... management at AMP. Blight-Johnston also served as the managing director for AMP Life and the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia (NMLA), where she led the development of insurance and superannuation products. She also designed and implemented ...

FASEA approves association designations

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
Financial advisers who have completed a designation with the Association of Financial Advisers or the SMSF Association will have their efforts recognised by the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority. The Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics ...

MetLife, AFA call for more diversity in advice

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 27 JUN 2019
MetLife and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) launched the MetLife Progress: Professional Development Grant for Women. MetLife Progress is aimed at creating greater gender diversity in the financial advice industry by helping women achieve ...

Former Westpac adviser permanently banned

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 JUN 2019
... Register, Luthra was licensed by Westpac from March 2013 to April 2016. He is also a member of the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA). Luthra prioritised his interests over those of his clients to maximise the fees and commissions payable ...

Associations raise member outcomes concern

KARREN VERGARA  |  FRIDAY, 21 JUN 2019
... industry and consumer groups have the opportunity to consider the member outcomes assessment holistically. The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) said it is "broadly comfortable" with the SPS 515 revisions, but raised concerns in ...

Advice associations meet new minister

HARRISON WORLEY  |  THURSDAY, 20 JUN 2019
... with the government's new superannuation and financial services lead for the first time. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association of Financial Advisers together met with newly appointed Assistant Minister for Superannuation ...

FPA, AFA partner on life insurance

KANIKA SOOD  |  FRIDAY, 14 JUN 2019
... industry inches towards ASIC's review of the life insurance framework slated for 2021. The Financial Planning Association of Australia and the Association of Financial Advisers will appoint two senior representatives and two adviser members each ...

Advisers not prepared for exam: AFA

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
Association of Financial Advisers general manager of policy and professionalism Phil Anderson has labelled the 600 advisers sitting the first exam as "brave", fearing they are underprepared. Anderson believes the advisers taking the exam in the first ...

Advisers losing female clients

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  THURSDAY, 6 JUN 2019
... the support they need from financial advisers, putting client books at risk. Appearing at the Sydney leg of the Association of Financial Advisers' National Roadshow yesterday, financial adviser and 2018 AFA Female Excellence in Advice Award winner Donna ...