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Asteron discusses alternative commission structure

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 29 MAY 2015
... performing. Financial Standard understands that the Financial Services Council, the Financial Planning Association and The Association of Financial Advisers are meeting regularly to discuss a possible joint industry response to the issue.

Advice firm ditches platform, adopts MDA

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 26 MAY 2015
... experienced a surge of interest from advice firms. Agarwal is the winner of several industry awards including the Association of Financial Advisers' 2013 Rising Star of the Year and established MEDIQ Financial Services in 2010.

Super rules for women still unclear

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... female staff more superannuation does not have support from the current government, Fairfax Media reports. In 2014 the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) released a report, The future of Australia's super: a new framework for a better ...

FEATURE: Adviser education

FINANCIAL STANDARD  |  MONDAY, 25 MAY 2015
... Financial Planning Association; or a Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP) professional designation of the Association of Financial Advisers; or a Master's in Financial Planning; or a degree in any field plus hold an accounting designation ...

ACSA awards best custody executives

LAURA MILLAN  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
... providing input on the insourcing of Austraclear by the ASX. Dawes-Lucas was awarded for her contributions to the association's member communications, including the development and implementation of the ACSA website. ACSA also recognised The Northern ...

AFA looking for next adviser of the year

ALEX BURKE  |  TUESDAY, 19 MAY 2015
The Association of Financial Advisers has partnered with Zurich to launch the 2015 Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year awards. As a result, the AFA is now searching for advisers who, according to chief executive Brad Fox, it "not only [rates] ...

ACSA appoints NAB manager as chair

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
... addition to maintaining his role at NAB. Prior to his appointment, Knights worked with ACSA as executive sponsor of the association's Communications Working Group. "I am delighted to be chairing ACSA, and look forward to working with the ACSA Executive ...

Too many adviser associations: ASFA

ALEX BURKE  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2015
The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) argued that there should be a single adviser association. Noting its "concerns" about multiple associations, ASFA said in a submission to Treasury that the current situation creates "unnecessary ...

Banking and super groups back parliamentary recommendations

DARREN SNYDER  |  FRIDAY, 8 MAY 2015
Representative groups from the banking and superannuation sectors have generally backed recommendations on lifting professional, ethical and education standards in the financial services industry. Public responses to a Parliamentary Joint Committee ...

Gearing for SMSFs won't be significant: Colley

DARREN SNYDER  |  WEDNESDAY, 6 MAY 2015
... funds is unlikely to impact funds as much as people expect, according to the SMSF Association's Graeme Colley. The association technical director told a recent event that he was not certain an announcement about gearing would change the investment pattern ...