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AFA unveils chartered fin practitioners

MEDIA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers has named its first eight Fellows of Chartered Financial Practitioners (FChFP), an accreditation program that works like a 'mini-MBA' for advisers. In a press statement released this morning, the AFA announced AFA ...

Planners rank high on client scorecard

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 15 JUL 2010
... skeptical, research shows. According to research by CoreData-brandmanagement, commissioned by the Association of Financial Advisers, investors gave advisers rating of 7.5 out of 10, ranking them among the top three most trusted people who give professional ...

AFA calls for top advisers

AFA RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 21 JUN 2010
... for the 2010 AFA Adviser of the Year Award and the 2010 Rising Star of the Year Award by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). The Adviser of the Year Award, sponsored by Zurich Financial Services Australia, recognises advisers who have provided ...

Planners welcome comms ban

RUTH LIEW  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2010
... higher value clients subsidise the lower value ones," said Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers. "But in a [post commission] world advisers won't be able to do so." This is where intra-fund advice steps in, said Klipin. ...

AFA airs planner worries on fin reforms

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2010
... to medium size Independent Financial Advisers (IFAs). Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers, said the association has met in Canberra last week with members of Treasury, the minister for financial services, superannuation ...

FPA and AFA back members to remain in industry

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 27 APR 2010
Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) do not expect many of their members to exit the industry as a result of the government's financial advice reforms. Deen Sanders, acting chief executive at the FPA ...

Hockey calls for FSR review

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 APR 2010
... Financial Services Reform (FSR) should the Coalition win the next election. Speaking at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) forum this month, Hockey said the FSR legislation was not implemented properly. "I want to see a review, should we win ...

Advisers to gain political insight

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 6 APR 2010
... services and the planning industry on 18 May also in Sydney. Richard Klipin, chief executive at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), said it's important that advisers hear the policy positions from both major political parties given it's an election ...

UK bans commission payments from products

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 30 MAR 2010
... and trust in the advice they are receiving," she said. Richard Klipin, chief executive at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), said the ruling is similar to what FSR promoted - unbundle the advice and strategy from the product implementation. ...

Risk commission debate heats up

RUTH LIEW AND ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 18 MAR 2010
... onging trail commission mix selected by the adviser. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), rejected the ISN comments as "jaundiced". He argued that ISN should "allow the market to decide" how planners are remunerated ...