association of financial advisers

Life insurance manufacturers need to take responsibility for last week’s ASIC report into life insurance and...

A raft of legislative and regulatory change in the financial planning sector has essentially made long-time...

The AFA announced it has appointed former AFA Treasurer and NSW director Deborah Kent as national president.

AFA and FSC form working body while FPA calls for insurance providers to review their offerings

Increased Government regulation of the financial services sector will not improve the public’s view of the...

A new statutory body should control education and professional standards according to FSC, however it may sideline...

Debate over the Government’s FOFA amendments has distracted Australians from focusing on the real purpose of...

The major institutions are right to take the lead on lifting educational standards in the financial planning space.

While ASIC continues to press for more powers with respect to bank management staff and product design, Mike...

Mike Taylor writes that Financial Services Council chief executive, John Brogden used his last annual conference...

Life/risk advisers are bracing themselves for ASIC to issue a tough analysis of churn and lapse rates.

Anne Fuchs has moved to the newly-created role of Chief Commercial Officer within the AFA.

Financial advisers are being urged to educate their clients about the importance of estate planning.

AFA members will have to abide by six new principles of professionalism, which are set to form a critical part of...

A central register of advisers could help weed out rogue operators in the financial advice space and rebuild trust...