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Insurance advisers focusing on client segmentation

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 22 JUL 2015
... in Financial Standard, Connected Convenience, another recent Beddoes white paper - co-produced with Zurich and the Association of Financial Advisers - addresses this issue from a communications standpoint. It concluded that there are generational differences ...

AFA tweaking life insurance framework

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 21 JUL 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers is refining aspects of the Life Insurance Framework developed jointly with the Financial Planning Association of Australia (FPA) and Financial Services Council (FSC). The three industry associations reached consensus ...

Findex life insurance goes commission-free

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 20 JUL 2015
... divisions will now only recommend commission-free life insurance policies. As per the recommendations provided by the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Financial Planning Association (FPA) and Financial Services Council (FSC) in June, life insurers ...

SMSF direct property investment jumps 60pct

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 17 JUL 2015
... Financial System Inquiry (FSI) has recommended banning LRBAs, a move which was drawn criticism from industry quarters. The Association of Financial Advisers dubbed a potential ban "draconian" at the SMSF Association Annual Conference back in February. ...

Adviser Ratings provides planner endorsements

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 16 JUL 2015
... first project in this initiative is The Really Simple Guide to Financial Advice, produced in collaboration with the Association of Financial Advisers. This and other education material will be provided online via Adviser Ratings' Consumer Literacy Ce ...

AFA awards deadline looms

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 14 JUL 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has called for submissions for its Adviser and Practice of the Year awards before the July 17 deadline. The Adviser of the Year award is based on adviser performance, practice business performance, professionalism ...

FSC revamps board, policy team

LAURA MILLAN  |  FRIDAY, 3 JUL 2015
... left the organisation earlier this year. Bond has been appointed director of external affairs and investment at the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA). Bond will be responsible for ASFA's advocacy with federal parliamentarians and ...

David Koch joins forces with Adviser Ratings

ALEX BURKE  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... project in this regard is The Really Simple Guide to Financial Advice, a publication produced in collaboration with the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). Speaking about Adviser Ratings, Koch said that "Over the last few years, the financial planning ...

CSSA guided by new name and code of conduct

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2015
... including accessibility, financial literacy, efficiency, transparency, affordability and adequacy. Latto said the association's members are focused on bringing financial education to the workplace. "We believe our new name better reflects the type of ...

Trowbridge salutes risk reforms package

ALEX BURKE  |  FRIDAY, 26 JUN 2015
... John Trowbridge has applauded the industry-led risk reforms package. After the industry bodies behind the LIAWG - the Association of Financial Advisers, Financial Planning Association of Australia and Financial Services Council - failed to reach consensus ...