by 64mediateam | Aug 30, 2021 | AFA, Media Releases
ABOVE: AFA National President, Michael Nowak MEDIA RELEASE SYDNEY: 30 August 2021 – The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA)’s advocacy on behalf of its members has helped win a major concession from the Government, with the proposed trebling of the ASIC...
by 64mediateam | Jun 7, 2021 | Media Releases, Synchron
ABOVE: Synchron’s Don Trapnell makes his TODAY Show debut on 8 August 2021, talking about take-up of Synchron’s incentive to encourage its people to #getthejab MEDIA RELEASE MELBOURNE: 7 June 2021 – Synchron is offering Synchron advisers and Synchron...
by 64mediateam | Apr 22, 2021 | AFA, Media Releases
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) is pleased that the Government has released a regulation providing financial advisers with an exemption from the need to vary their AFSL in order to provide claims handling. Please CLICK HERE for more information,...
by 64mediateam | Apr 15, 2021 | AFA, Media Releases
SYDNEY: 15 April 2021 – The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has made a submission to Treasury on the new breach reporting regime, due to come into effect from October 2021, which will involve a significant increase in the number of matters that need...
by 64mediateam | Mar 31, 2021 | Media Releases, Synchron
Synchron has appointed Ben Donohue as State Manager for Queensland, effective 6 April 2021. In announcing the appointment, Synchron Director, Don Trapnell said, “Ben began working in financial services in 2005, and was most recently a...
by 64mediateam | Mar 25, 2021 | AFA, Media Releases
Philip Kewin has stepped down from his role as Chief Executive Officer of the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA). As the AFA gears up for a new wave of policy advocacy and regulatory reform, and after four years at the helm, Mr Kewin decided the time was...
by 64mediateam | Mar 24, 2021 | AFA, Media Releases
The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) welcomes Dawn Thomas as the new National Chair of AFA Inspire. Ms Thomas is a senior financial adviser with Perth-based financial advice group, Wealthwise, and the AFA’s 2019 Female Excellence in Advice award winner. ...
by 64mediateam | Mar 18, 2021 | Media Releases, The Advisers Association
In the wake of an exponential increase in the ASIC Levy, The Advisers Association (TAA) is calling for government relief for financial planners and advisers, and for major banks and institutions exiting advice to pay an exit levy. “As it stands, the ASIC Levy is only...
by 64mediateam | Mar 18, 2021 | Media Releases, Synchron
Synchron is issuing an urgent call to life insurers to clarify how they will treat policies that lapse, change ownership, change premium structure, or need corrections, under the new Unfair Contract Terms (UCT) regime, due to come into effect on 5 April, 2021....
by 64mediateam | Mar 17, 2021 | AFA, Media Releases
TAL is the Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) 2020 Life Company of the Year. It is the fourth time TAL has taken out the award in recent years. Runners up for the Life Company of the Year title were: AIA AustraliaMLC Life Insurance NEOS AFA...
