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Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has welcomed some elements of the new Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority revised blueprint while expressing concern at...

Financial planning

While the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s updated standards show some positives, advisers are still going to be impacted by the regulator’s arbitrary d...

People & Products

OnePath has won the over Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) and the Beddoes Institute 2018 Consumer Choice Award, with ClearView coming in second place....

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has declared to the Royal Commission that the debate over the removal of grandfathered commissions is now running out of control wit...

Features

Anastasia Santoreneos writes that while FASEA and the Royal Commission have got advisers down in the short term, they are feeling positive about the future of the industr...

Financial planning

Experts say the continuing uncertainty and fear surrounding the Financial Adviser Standards and Ethics Authority’s future requirements has adviser sentiment unsurprisingl...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers, in conjunction with Zurich Life and Investments, has named its Adviser of the Year and Practice of the Year. ...

People & Products

The Association of Financial Advisers has appointed Glen James as NSW/ACT state director and Patricia Garcia as Queensland state director following its AGM....

Financial planning

While Australians who receive professional financial advice value it highly, new research released by the Association of Financial Advisers has confirmed that cost and th...

People & Products

The Association of Financial Advisers, in conjunction with ANZ Wealth, has awarded its Rising Star of the year....

Editorial

The Royal Commission’s preliminary report may be flawed when it comes to understanding the nuances of the industry but it should be accepted as an accurate reflection of ...

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers has defended life/risk commissions and grandfathering while criticising the Royal Commission’s interim report, claiming it suggests ...

Financial planning

Licensees should be required to annually report the make-up of financial services practice income so that the extent of grandfathered commissions can be properly assessed...

Outsider

Outsider doffs his hats to the chaps and chappettes of the Association of Financial Advisers, led by chief executive, Phil Kewin, who completed the Kokoda Trail trek to r...

Financial planning

Money Management’s Top 100 planning groups survey shows planner numbers have defied industry turbulence to reach their highest level in half a decade, but is this the pea...

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