Category Archives: Media Release
AFA Foundation opens 2020 Grants Program
SYDNEY: 11 February 2020 – The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has opened its 2020 AFA Foundation Grants Program (the Grants Program). The Grants Program launched in 2019 and offers AFA members the opportunity to nominate local charity partners that would benefit from a small donation, but might face challenges in finding funding via other avenues […]
Financial Planning Bushfire Pro-Bono Program – Open and ready to help those in need
Sydney: 05 February 2020 – In the aftermath of the recent bushfire disaster, financial planners across the country have come together to offer the Financial Planning Bushfire Pro Bono Program to help those impacted by the bushfires to rebuild financially. The program – open and ready from today – is a joint initiative from the […]
Women’s Index brushes off sluggish progress in 2019 to finish decade on a high
SYDNEY – Friday January 31, 2020 Key results • The 2019 December quarter delivered a strong finish to the decade, helped by a number of fresh records set in women’s financial progress. • However the pace of 2019 progress disappointed, declining by over half of what was achieved in 2018. • Year-on-year the Index rose […]
AFA welcomes ASIC’s approach to Code of Ethics
SYDNEY: 26 November 2019 – The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) welcomes today’s announcement from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) outlining the regulator’s approach to licensee obligations for the Financial Planners and Advisers Code of Ethics 2019 (the Code). AFA CEO Philip Kewin said, “The AFA, along with a number of other professional […]
Winners of 2019 Life Company of the Year Awards Announced
SYDNEY: 14 November 2019 – TAL Life has scored a hat trick, taking the title of AFA Life Company of the Year for the third consecutive year at an event held in Sydney today. TAL Life was announced as the overall 2019 Platinum Winner of the AFA Life Company of the Year Awards (the Awards) for […]
