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The Association of Financial Advisers Ltd (AFA) has expressed concerns about recent industry calls for the introduction of a rigid fee-for-service advice structure....

Financial planning

The Institute of Chartered Accountants has called for financial planners to move to a fee-for-service model, stating that commission payments inherently result in conflic...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has, for the first time in its history, created a role of chief executive officer, and appointed Richard Klipin, ING’s former head o...

Financial planning

Focussing on providing services to the adviser and not the licence holder will be the major focus for the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) in 2006, says president ...

Financial planning

Australia needs a “risk champion” to encourage younger people to enter into the risk industry, according to MetLife senior vice-president Joe Jordan....

Life/Risk

The Association of Financial Advisers has launched a year-long training program to try to attract younger risk advisers to the profession....

Financial planning

Today’s risk advisers are having a tough time replacing themselves. There are no hard figures to prove numbers are dwindling, but most in the industry accept there is a p...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers’ long quest to resolve its designation woes will come to fruition at the end of the month when advisers officially take on its new F...

Financial planning

Trends in the risk market are set to mirror recent developments in the platform market through the introduction of a wider range of simpler products over coming years to ...

Financial planning

A Sydney-based adviser who has built-up the funds under advice in his one-man business to $120 million over 24 years, has been acknowledged as the industry's best risk sp...

Financial planning

A Sydney-based adviser who has built up the funds under advice in his one-man business to $120 million over 24 years has been acknowledged as the industry’s best risk spe...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has a new president with Robin Yates this morning relinquishing the key role to former vice president Michael Murphy at the associat...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has hinted at a possible collective merger with other industry associations at its annual conference in Launceston, while also annou...

Life/Risk

The Financial Services Reform Act has changed the world of risk insurance, but as Ross Kelly writes, opinion is divided on whether the task has become harder for advisers...

Financial planning

The Parlimentary Secretary to the Treasurer Ross Cameron has ordered an investigation into adviser access to client files and remuneration after Brisbane based advisory g...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....

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