Cormann to Frontline AFA’s 2012 National Roadshow

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Senator Mathias Cormann, Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Shadow Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, will frontline the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) National Roadshow, which kicks off in Hobart on

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AFA: Advisers key to restoring consumer confidence in The Lucky Country

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Financial advisers hold the key to restoring consumer confidence in Australia, according to the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA).   “Problems in the Euro zone, market fluctuations and political uncertainty,

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TAL is the AFA/Plan for Life’s 2011 Life Company of the Year

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As well as taking the top award TAL also took out the Life Insurance/Total and Permanent Disability (Life/TPD) product award and was runner up in three other categories: the Trauma

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AFA launches new brand

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The AFA is delighted to be celebrating 65 years of servicing the financial advisory profession and to announce the launch of their new brand. Whilst the AFA’s core identity remains

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AFA: Government’s FoFA legislation decimates small business advisers

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The Future of Financial Advice Bill (the FoFA Bill) introduced into Parliament last week by the Minister for Financial Services and Superannuation, Bill Shorten, will, according to Rice Warner Research cited in

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AFA: Key pieces of FoFA puzzle still missing

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The second tranche of the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms released yesterday contain significant reforms that, together with the first tranche and StrongerSuper reforms, will change the landscape for

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Will FoFA sound the death knell for independent advice?

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The uncertainty created by the draft Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms will continue to shake out the market as businesses jockey for market position, according to the Association of

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