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AFA to recognise best adviser and best practice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2014
... practice. "The original Adviser of the Year Award was established by the AFA and Zurich in 2003," AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. "But one of the big changes we have seen in recent years is the growth in new business models, with the principals of ...

FPA and AFA unite: stop commissions on general advice

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2014
... don't think that bank tellers or people who provide general advice should get bank commissions," the AFA chief executive Brad Fox told the inquiry. "If someone was not licensed to provide tier-1 product advice, we don't want them to be receiving commissions," ...

Budget forces advisers to rethink tax, retirement strategies

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 13 MAY 2014
... The levy on high income earners will also be a factor to take into account in the next two years. AFA chief executive Brad Fox said that advisers will have to help GenX clients "married, with debt and in their 40s." He added that the main issues for ...

AFA finds FoFA debate "surprising"

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 27 MAR 2014
... time to Finance Minister Mathias Cormann's decision to freeze the regulation, almost a week ago. AFA chief executive Brad Fox said that the intense debate over issues such as advisers' best interests' duty and a potential return to commissions is based ...

CommInsure wins AFA/PFL Life Company of the Year

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 13 MAR 2014
... best provide for the insurance needs of Australians and the financial advisers that service them," AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. PFL manager of marketing and product development Rael Solomon said that "life companies have continued to innovate their ...

AFA to lobby on FoFA through grassroots campaign

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 10 FEB 2014
... personally with their federal elected representatives in both the lower house and the Senate," the AFA chief executive Brad Fox said in an email to the media. "We think it is incumbent on us to ensure that our politicians and the public are well informed ...

The AFA develops social media simulator

LAURA MILLAN  |  THURSDAY, 30 JAN 2014
... practical tool that they can use to develop their 'one on one' or 'one to many' communication strategy," AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. Advisers can segment their client base by date of birth. The simulator then separates clients in three groups ...

Fears to FoFA amendments "overplayed": AFA

LAURA MILLAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JAN 2014
... the best interest duty does help improve the access and the affordability to financial advice," the AFA chief executive Brad Fox told Financial Standard. Fox argued that suggestions that the amendments remove key parts of FoFA are "incorrect" and described ...

AFA to train young advisers on soft skills

LAURA MILLAN  |  MONDAY, 9 DEC 2013
... training that today's advisers need if they are to unlock the full value in their client relationships," AFA chief executive Brad Fox said. Key presenters at the roadshow include AFA 2013 Rising Star Ravi Agarwal and the AFA 2013 Excellence in Education ...

Jenny Brown named AFA Adviser of the Year

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 OCT 2013
... Speaking at the Great Gatsby themed Gala Dinner at the AFA Conference on the Gold Coast last night, AFA chief executive Brad Fox said the future of the financial advice profession is set to thrive with Brown as a role model. "Jenny is an outstanding ...