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Planners can fix their poor public image

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
... community and deliver a consistent public message. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said planners should recognise that their collective reputations have been damaged by the investment calamities of such ...

AFA awards top insurers

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  THURSDAY, 25 FEB 2010
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), in association with Plan for Life, has announced the winners of this year's AFA/Plan for Life 2009 Life Company of the Year Awards. It was certainly the year for CommInsure, which took not just the Platinum ...

Taggart receives OAM

PRESS RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 1 FEB 2010
Jim Taggart, national president at the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), has been awarded an Order of Australia medal. Taggart received the honour for his work in charitable, community and sporting organisations in Baulkham Hills. According to ...

AFA doubles in four years

PRESS RELEASE  |  TUESDAY, 8 DEC 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has doubled its membership in four years, growing its ranks by more than 25 per cent this year. Jim Taggart, national president at the AFA, said the association has reacted to member calls for representation ...

AFA calls for more consultation on education

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 23 NOV 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) said the Financial Planning Association of Australia's (FPA) education consultation paper includes some "good ideas" and called for a truly consultative approach to developing education standards. Richard ...

Planners should be fiduciaries: IFSA

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 NOV 2009
... over previous positions argued by adviser professional groups such as the Association of Financial Advisers of Australia (AFA) who have lobbied for advisers to have special responsibilities and for the term 'adviser' to be restricted only to those willing ...

Opt out, bailed out

MICHELLE BALTAZAR AND RUTH LIEW  |  TUESDAY, 10 NOV 2009
... industry. It is one of the reasons why the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are pushing for the same regulatory reform: the need for advisers to be members of a professional body. The AFA has also called ...

Campbell wins 2009 AFA Adviser of the Year

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 OCT 2009
Graham Campbell, financial adviser at Complete Financial Balance, has won the seventh AFA Adviser of the Year Award at the association's gala dinner held at the Gold Coast last night. The five other finalists this year were Marc Bineham from Noall & ...

Industry funds not undermining confidence: ISN

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... ridiculous," ISN executive director David Whiteley told delegates at the annual conference of the Australian Advisers Association (AFA). "Choice of fund was introduced at the behest of the retail funds. We do better ads than retail funds and you want ...

Advisers let down by MMs

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 OCT 2009
... pressure on advisers to rethink how they use their fund research. Robert McGregor, asset consultant to Astarra Funds told the AFA annual conference that "you can outsource the product side of things but most multi-managers have been disappointing." He ...