ASSOCIATION OF FINANCIAL ADVISERS

Financial planning

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has reacted strongly to the disclosure provisions of the Financial Services Reform Bill, claiming they are inconsistent and no...

Financial planning

The relationship between financial planners and dealers is under fire. The effects of the upcoming Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB) combined with that of the Aliena...

Superannuation

The Australian financial services industry is a ‘soft target’ for regulation and the system is causing a continual drop in the number of professionals, says Million Dolla...

Financial planning

At least 50 risk advisers are set to meet in Sydney later this month to develop a co-operative style dealer group....

Financial planning

The Financial Services Reform Bill reforms will have a significant impact on the operations of life insurance agents. Nicole Szollos looks at some of the changes already ...

Financial planning

Advisers are concentrating on the high end of the market which will be producing the future millionaires, says Brian Ashe, immediate past-president of the Million Dollar ...

Financial planning

The high cost of life insurance transactions will see the global life companies packaging risk products with other products, says Association of Financial Advisers presid...

Financial planning

The new training requirements being proposed for life agents under the Financial Services Reform Bill (FSRB) were described as “garbage” by Association of Financial Advis...

Financial planning

Advisers are concentrating on the high end of the market which will be producing the future millionaires, says Brian Ashe, immediate past-president of the Million Dollar ...

Financial planning

It’s like a ticking time bomb sitting beneath the financial planning industry. Tax legislation aimed at snaring IT and construction contractors has unintentionally caught...

Financial planning

John Hibberd has drawn the curtains on his three year tenure as president of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). ...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are at odds following the release of a parliamentary report on the Financial Serv...

Financial planning

The Financial Planning Association (FPA) and the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) are at odds following the release of a parliamentary report on the Financial Serv...

Financial planning

The relationship between advisers and dealers principals is once again in the firing line, as the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) seeks changes to the Financial S...

Financial planning

The relationship between advisers and dealers principals is once again in the firing line, as the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) seeks changes to the Financial S...

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Glad to see the back of you Steve. You made financial more expensive, not more affordable as you claim, and presided ...

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Completely agree Peter. The definition of 'significant change is circumstances relevant to the scope of the advice' is s...

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