ASSOCIATION OF FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

Synchron director Don Trapnell has called the FSC's proposed adviser remuneration model anti-competitive....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that codes of conduct are only effective when those who sign up genuinely appreciate the consequences that follow a breach....

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Financial planning

Rapid growth of some financial services licensees has caused regulator concern due to many of them lacking support systems for larger numbers of advisers....

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Financial planning

Olivia Maragna has taken out the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) Adviser of the Year Award at the conclusion of the association's annual conference on the Gold Co...

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Life/Risk

ASIC Commissioner Peter Kell told Money Management there was enough life policy churning in the financial advice industry for the regulator to be concerned about the issu...

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Superannuation

The AFA's Brad Fox says the Government's approach to MySuper legislation appears to have been a foregone conclusion because the Government released its majority report ju...

Financial planning

The Coalition has indicated it has already drafted changes to FOFA legislation that it will implement if it wins office....

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Financial planning

The AFA has launched a white paper called Pathways to Excellence, which analyses what clients want from advice businesses....

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Editorial

Mike Taylor writes that the Productivity Commission’s final report on default funds under modern awards delivered a formula which is unlikely to survive a change of Gover...

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Financial planning

Professional codes of conduct should be the responsibility of financial services licensees rather than industry associations in order to be fairer to consumers, according...

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Financial planning

AFA signals it will be working to align its Principles of Practice with the outline contained in ASIC consultation paper....

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Financial planning

AFA joins voices expressing concern that minister may have influenced Productivity Commission outcome....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has claimed that tricky drafting of the legislation delivering MySuper has effectively infringed the property and income right...

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Financial planning

Melbourne-based risk adviser Aaron Zelman has started up his own practice, LifeScope Advice, under the Synchron umbrella....

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Editorial

On all the available evidence, the financial services industry is well on its way to finding a remuneration formula capable of meeting both the Government's requirements ...

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