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Insurance reforms get member support

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 7 OCT 2016
... vote was taken at an extraordinary general meeting at the conclusion of the second day of the AFA's National Adviser Conference in Canberra and included proxies submitted in advance. A minority of AFA members, supported by the Life Insurance Customer ...

Adviser reform about recovering social licence

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... rather than drive the industry apart, a panel of insurance industry stakeholders said on day two of the AFA's annual conference. Risk adviser Dave Slovinec, group risk specialist Terry Rhodes, BT Financial national life insurance product manager Scott ...

Advisers must know more than client history

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... their clients, according to AFA Foundation chair Olivia Sarah-Le Lacheur. Speaking at the 2016 AFA National Adviser Conference, Sarah-Le Lacheur celebrated the AFA Foundation's most successful fundraising year yet. In the 2015-2016 financial year the ...

New Blue Sky MD shoots for $5bn

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... concluded saying that he would outline further plans for Blue Sky at both the AGM in November and the annual investor conference in November/December.

Erin Truscott named AFA Rising Star

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... Financial's Erin Truscott has been named this year's AFA Rising Star in a ceremony at the industry association's annual conference in the nation's capital. The AFA Rising Star of the Year Award, which is supported by ANZ Wealth, was launched in 2005 ...

Advisers urged to meet challenges together

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
Senior figures at the AFA have urged delegates at this year's conference to meet the challenges posed by legislation with the collaborative, can-do attitude that has always defined the association's annual meeting. AFA chief executive Brad Fox, new ...

Howard: Bank scrutiny "strange"

KERRIE SYDEE  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... through the Global Financial Crisis. Howard was the first plenary speaker to address the AFA 2016 National Adviser Conference and highlighted the importance of the banks in supporting Australia's economy. "Banks like everybody else are accountable to ...

How a niche can add value

MARK SMITH  |  THURSDAY, 6 OCT 2016
... your business. That's according to 2015 AFA Adviser of the Year David Reed, who told delegates at this year's annual conference that he had gone from strength-to-strength after adopting a more niche business model aimed squarely at those in or approaching ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 28 SEP 2016
US consumer confidence The Conference Board's consumer confidence index jumped to 104.1 in September from an upwardly revised 101.8 in the previous month. This is better than consensus expectations for a dip to 99.0 and is the highest level since the ...

AFA Rising Star finalists announced

KERRIE SYDEE  |  TUESDAY, 27 SEP 2016
... Wealth have announced the finalists for the 2016 AFA Rising Star of the Year Award ahead of the upcoming AFA National Conference in Canberra. Launched 11 years ago, the AFA Rising Star of the Year Award (the Award) is awarded to new advisers providing ...