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AFA announces Adviser of the Year finalists

... financial advisers from across the country have been selected as finalists of the seventh Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Adviser of the Year Award. The award will go to the adviser that gets the highest score in seven key areas, including contribution ...

Ripoll to headline AFA conference

Members of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) will get a chance to discuss the Ripoll Inquiry with the man behind the inquiry himself, after Bernie Ripoll, chair of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Corporations and Financial Services, agreed ...

Paraplanners left out of planning reforms, for now

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  TUESDAY, 11 AUG 2009
... on statements of advice for example and that's our focus." This comes after the FPA and Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) both pushed for regulatory reform which included lifting the entry standards to become a financial planner or financial ad ...

FPA and AFA call for reform

COMPANY RELEASE  |  MONDAY, 10 AUG 2009
In a sign of solidarity, the Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are pushing for the same regulatory reform, including the need for advisers to be members of a professional body. While the FPA and AFA ...

Ripoll Inquiry must build on FSR progress: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 6 AUG 2009
... met their needs and objectives and still, really put consumers on a path to financial wealth and stability," he said. The AFA recently outlined its key recommendations to the Ripoll enquiry, which includes restricting the term "financial adviser" to ...

Adviser education bar too low

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 31 JUL 2009
... hopefuls looking to enter the industry, said a panel of advisers. Brad Fox, a partner at Nixon Fox & Wills and a panelist at the AFA National Roadshow in Sydney on Wednesday, said the entire industry - and adviser clients - would strongly benefit from ...

PI insurers face $300m in claims

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... said. Kalantzis says advisers should be aware that the rules around getting PI insurance are going to be tougher, and that the AFA is currently in talks to obtain dedicated cover for individual advisers. The logic behind the move is that advisers can ...

Communication breakdown advisers failure

RUTH LIEW  |  THURSDAY, 30 JUL 2009
... profession, as an industry, it's our failure to communicate effectively the value that we deliver," said Klipin at yesterday's AFA roadshow in Sydney. Advisers need to break the chain of ineffective communication, and take a strong stance in liaising ...

ASIC lifts restrictions on intra-fund advice

MICHELLE BALTAZAR  |  FRIDAY, 10 JUL 2009
... one will be there to adjust or update the advice, and there will be no recourse whatsoever for the fund member." Similarly, AFA chief executive Richard Klipin said it's product selling by another name. "Superannuation trustees, in particular the industry ...

AFA renews call to restrict 'financial adviser' term

PRESS RELEASE  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2009
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is again calling for Treasury to restrict the term 'financial adviser' amid a barrage of negative media reports on the planning industry. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the AFA, said the term 'financial ...