AFA

Editorial

As the Federal Treasury works to find common ground on financial services reform, Mike Taylor suggests that an examination of those being consulted raises as many questio...

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Financial planning

Concerns have been raised about the nature of the professional development being delivered to advisers at dealer group conferences....

Financial planning

AFA president Jim Taggart has attacked the millions of dollars expended by industry funds in attacking advisers....

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Policy & Regulation

The FPA and the Association AFA are confident that the industry has the ear of Treasury as the consultation around the Future of Financial Advice reforms has resumed....

Editorial

With accountancy body the National Tax and Accountants' Association setting up a financial planning arm specifically aimed at getting accountants back into the advice spa...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has reinforced its support for small licensees and practices by launching the Small Licensee and Practice Principal Conference...

Financial planning

The Financial Services Council has urged the industry to adopt a common agenda to deal with the new dynamic in Canberra....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers is pushing ahead with a lobby group aimed at defining the ‘nuances’ of proposed regulatory reforms to the advice industr...

Financial planning

Financial planning industry bodies must be careful taking sides during the election campaign - but at the same time they must continue stating their positions, writes Mik...

Financial planning

ANZ-owned dealer group Millennium3 Financial Services has withdrawn its principal membership of the Financial Planning Association....

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Financial planning

The possibility of standardised commissions has emerged as an option as major insurers have urged the Federal Government to act cautiously and consult widely on the Coope...

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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced the names of its first Fellows of Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP)....

Editorial

Robert Keavney discusses platform commissions, proposals to merge the Financial Planning Association and the Association of Financial Advisers, intra fund advice, and pro...

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Financial planning

The Government has seriously misread the major issues relating to financial advice, according to the chief executive of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA), Richa...

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Life/Risk

The Federal Opposition is reserving judgement on the Cooper Review recommendation to ban insurance commissions while the financial planning sector battles it out with the...

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