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The Association of Financial Advisers has welcomed some elements of the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority revised blueprint while expressing concern at...

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Financial planning

While the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s updated standards show some positives, advisers are still going to be impacted by the regulator’s arbitrary d...

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People & Products

OnePath has won the over Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Beddoes Institute 2018 Consumer Choice Award, with ClearView coming in second place....

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has declared to the Royal Commission that the debate over the removal of grandfathered commissions is now running out of control wit...

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Features

Anastasia Santoreneos writes that while FASEA and the Royal Commission have got advisers down in the short term, they are feeling positive about the future of the industr...

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Financial planning

Experts say the continuing uncertainty and fear surrounding the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s future requirements has adviser sentiment unsurprisingl...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers, in conjunction with Zurich Life and Investments, has named its Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year. ...

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People & Products

The Association of Financial Advisers has appointed Glen James as NSW/ACT state director and Patricia Garcia as Queensland state director following its AGM....

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Financial planning

While Australians who receive professional financial advice value it highly, new research released by the Association of Financial Advisers has confirmed that cost and th...

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People & Products

The Association of Financial Advisers, in conjunction with ANZ Wealth, has awarded its Rising Star of the year....

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Editorial

The Royal Commission’s preliminary report may be flawed when it comes to understanding the nuances of the industry but it should be accepted as an accurate reflection of ...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has defended life/risk commissions and grandfathering while criticising the Royal Commission’s interim report, claiming it suggests ...

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Financial planning

Licensees should be required to annually report the make-up of financial services practice income so that the extent of grandfathered commissions can be properly assessed...

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Outsider

Outsider doffs his hats to the chaps and chappettes of the Association of Financial Advisers, led by chief executive, Phil Kewin, who completed the Kokoda Trail trek to r...

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Financial planning

Money Management’s Top 100 planning groups survey shows planner numbers have defied industry turbulence to reach their highest level in half a decade, but is this the pea...

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