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AFA canvasses concept that two-tiered code of conduct with ethics and providing good advice is more important than obviating opt-in....
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has announced the launch of its 2013 GenXt Road Show with this year’s theme being The Age of Consumers....
Financial planning
The AFA has launched its 2013 GenXt Road Show, which kicks off in Hobart on 5 February and will visit Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane....
Life/Risk
The Financial Services Council (FSC) is understood to be close to reaching a compromise on its so-called Life Insurance framework which, if agreed, would give advisers a ...
Financial planning
The AFA has launched a white paper called Pathways to Excellence, which analyses what clients want from advice businesses....
Financial planning
AFA signals it will be working to align its Principles of Practice with the outline contained in ASIC consultation paper....
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...
Financial planning
The AFA has announced five finalists for its annual Rising Star of the Year award, with the winner to be announced at the association's annual conference on the Gold Coas...
Financial planning
The prolonged lull in investments markets, coupled with the pressure to comply with the new regulatory regime, is taking its toll on some planners' mental health....
Editorial
Mike Taylor writes that when FSC chief executive John Brogden announced the framework of new claw-back provisions around the sale of life policies, he reignited a debate ...
Life/Risk
Financial Services Council chief executive John Brogden has announced a new life insurance sales policy revolving around the clawback of commissions if a policy lapses in...
Financial planning
The Association of Financial Advisers has warned against going too far to address churn when it is not systemic, and only a few advisers are guilty....
Policy & Regulation
Association of Financial Advisers looks to take facilitative approach on implementation of the Future of Financial Advice regulations....
Financial planning
ASIC will soon hold discussions with the financial planning industry about the potential for setting up a self-regulatory organisation which would develop and administer ...
Policy & Regulation
The Association of Financial Advisers has urged a uniform 1 July, 2013 FOFA start date as another legal anomaly has been identified....
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So we are now underwriting criminal scams?...
Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...
Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...