The AFA announced a life insurance roadshow for insurance advisers after they indicated they need support to move from upfront to hybrid commissions....
The Association of Financial Advisers wants lapses which are beyond the control of advisers to be exempted from the three-year claw-back provisions....
Money Management’s Mike Taylor writes that, for the AFA, the whole life/risk reform process was a case of damned if you do and damned if you don’t....
The AFA and PFL have named life insurer TAL as the 2014 Life Company of the Year. ...
The bad news regarding planners will be forgotten with falling numbers indicative of cultural change according to AFA national president Deborah Kent....
The AFA has been accredited with the TPB, allowing eligible members a new avenue to seek registration with the board. ...
Accounting graduates may prove the “feeding ground” for the evolving financial advice space, according to the head of the AFA. ...
AFA Chief Commercial Officer Anne Fuchs will leave the association after six months in the role to take on a distribution role with Sunsuper....
The AFA has received an influx of enrolments for its recently-rebuilt education course, which it says shows an acceptance from advisers that standards have been raised. ...
The AFA has sought to correct a daily newspaper article which claims advisers can obtain a Fellow Chartered Financial Practitioner (FChFP) designation without completing ...
Industry organisations have applauded parliament’s restoration of the grandfathering provision in the latest round of the FOFA reforms, claiming it overturned a rule that...
The disallowance of the Future of Financial Advice amendments may hurt consumers who will not be able to access scaled advice and may be forced to change to less suitable...
The Minister for Finance and Acting Asistant Treasurer, Senator Mathias Cormann will address a Money Management breakfast traversing key issues....
FPA chairman, Matthew Rowe, has queried the dearth of practicing planners on FSC/AFA insurance working group....
Life insurance manufacturers need to take responsibility for last week’s ASIC report into life insurance and supply products that meet consumer needs and not research hou...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...
This verdict highlights something deeply wrong and rotten at the heart of the FSCP. We are witnessing a heavy-handed, op...
Interesting. Would be good to know the details of the StrategyOne deal....