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Barclays UK takes life insurance online

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 AUG 2008
... telemarketing, but that's a specific segment for vanilla type products," he said. Richard Klipin, Association of Financial Advisers chief executive, affirmed this notion. He said life insurance needed advisers to help clients choose an appropriate product. ...

Tech will bond insurers and planners: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
... systems, according to AFA financial adviser of the year, Phil Young. Speaking at yesterday's Association of Financial Advisers national forum in Sydney yesterday, Young, from Zurich Financial Services Australia predicts that a cross-industry online electronic ...

AFA education to knock salesman tag

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  FRIDAY, 1 AUG 2008
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) finalised the first unit of the Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner program, an education course it hopes will reduce criticism of the financial advice industry. Speaking at the AFA National Forum in Sydney ...

AFA searches for Rising Star

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 JUL 2008
The race to become this year's Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Rising Star award winner is on again, but planners must go above and beyond the normal day to day activity to win, according to last year's award winner, Chris Browne. The annual ...

Focus on value not fees: AFA

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUL 2008
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has put its foot down that advisers' commissions should not be abolished because the existing system promotes choice and value among clients. AFA national president Dennis Bateman stated that mandating a single ...

China's growth sustainable: Wang

MICHAEL HOBBS  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JUN 2008
... according to Dr Xisu Wang, China grand master and foreign investment consultant. Speaking at an Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the BRIC+ Program forum yesterday, Wang said the China's extraordinary growth would not have been possible without ...

AFA launches 2008 Adviser of the Year

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened up the nominations for this year's AFA Adviser of the Year Award, marking the sixth year the non-profit advisory body pays tribute to the country's top advisers. "The Adviser of the Year award recognises ...

Buck stops with trustees

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2008
... members to financial advisers. Senator Sherry, speaking at Victorian post-Budget luncheon for the Association of Financial Advisers, said, "Trustees are a key guardian in a compulsory system. It is critical they carry out their responsibilities in accordance ...

From cash to prosperity: AFA

Financial planners will be given a helping hand at this year's Association of Financial Advisers' (AFA) national forum by some of the planning industry's best to set them on their paths to success. Richard Klipin, chief executive of the AFA said this ...

AFA selects Alexis for PI cover

After a 12-month process, the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has handpicked Alexis Insurance Brokers to give its members much needed help in choosing the right PI cover ahead of a new government ruling which raises adviser PI costs by as much ...