The AFA board has rejected a call from within the LICG for an EGM to pass a special resolution imposing limits to the AFA board’s discretionary powers....

Financial advisers were overwhelmingly positive about their future and hoped to help fellow practitioners succeed also, according to poll results accrued by the AFA....

The latest Four Corners report detailing problematic TPD claims-handling have served to reinforce the value of good life/risk advisers....

The Prime Minister’s decision to leave Kelly O’Dwyer in place in financial services grants the sector the important benefit of continuity of approach on key policy issues...

The AFA has repeated calls to scrap any carve-out for direct insurance even as it welcomed the Government’s decision to leave Kelly O’Dwyer in the financial services port...

Association of Financial Advisers chief executive, Brad Fox, argues that planners will need to become increasingly adaptive to cope with the rapid rate of change occurrin...

Financial planners should brace themselves for a further period of political and policy uncertainty and possibly rue the lost opportunities of 2013-16. ...

The AFA is waiting for the Government’s announcement of its ministry before heading to Canberra for policy discussion, and has urged all sides of politics to prioritise t...

Most financial planners want definitive ownership of their clients with many only wanting to pay for those dealer group services they actually use....

School-like exams might not be appropriate for all advisers under the new education standards, and the word 'exam' should be removed from the Exposure Draft, the AFA said...

The AFA has a new focus on adaptive practices for advisers entering the new financial year and will incorporate a new framework for financial advice....

The AFA expressed disappointment over the FSC’s continued calls for a carve-out for direct insurance sales from LIF where no advice was given, and said this loophole must...

A double dissolution election has left many financial planning policies in limbo, and advisers are demanding certainty on at least three key issues, Malavika Santhebennur...

The AFA is encouraging advisers to address changing customer preferences to stay ahead of the game. ...